Sript not working from the crontab

[ohmer]

Hello,

I’m trying to make this script working on a OSX 10.4 box.

[code]#!/bin/bash

VERIF=`ps aux | grep someapp.app | grep -v grep | wc -l`
#VERIF=`ps aux | grep someapp.app`

if [ $VERIF -eq 0 ]
then
echo “App restart ..\n\n$VERIF” | mail -s “App restart on $HOSTNAME” [email protected]
open /Applications/someapp.app
fi
[/code]

This script works when I call it manually but $VERIF return nothing when it’s called from the crontab (so the condition always returns true). I often use this kind of scripts on Linux box without any problems…

Any idea what’s wrong with this little script ?

Thanks !

[purpanther]

Just a sanity check – what does your crontab entry look like?

something like:

[code]0 0 * * * sh /usr/local/bin/my_script.sh[/code]

[ohmer]

In /etc/crontab:

*/30 * * * * admin /usr/local/bin/checkAutomate.sh

Script have execute permission for all users.

[purpanther]

I think you need to have “sh” in front of /usr/local/bin/checkAutomate.sh …

[ohmer]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: purpanther[/u][p]I think you need to have “sh” in front of /usr/local/bin/checkAutomate.sh …[/p][/QUOTE]

Doesn’t change anything.

[tlarkin]

I know this is old, but have launchd run it instead of crontab. Crontab is depreciated now and launchd pretty much controls all daemons from 10.4 and higher.

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