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Asked: 2011-11-21 19:26:59 +0800 CST

mythbuntu epg cron job not working

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I've got a problem with my EPG grabber script 'shepherd' for the Australian EPG. These two commands below work when I type it as user mythserver but when I put them in cron the first command creates a file of zero length:

# Collect data
18 13 * * * mythserver        /usr/bin/tv_grab_au --notimetest --output /home/mythserver/.mythtv/farm2.xmltv

# Read in data
30 4  * * * mythserver        /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase --file 1 /home/mythserver/.mythtv/farm2.xmltv

What am I missing here?

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1 Answers

  1. I would suggest to enable cron logging and see what exactly is happening. Googling finds the following instructions on enabling cron logging:

    edit /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf (uncomment the line starting with #cron.* - remove the # )

    restart cron - sudo service rsyslog restart

    I think the most likely cause of the problem is permissions although I don't see anything suspicious in your crontab

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