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PatrikL
Oct 12, 2011Aspirant
Not getting cron to work
I've tried to get a script (importing torrent files from rss) executed once an hour by simply placing it in cron.hourly but nothing whatsoever happens. The script executes well manually when I'm logge...
PatrikL
Oct 13, 2011Aspirant
WhoCares? wrote: Maybe a stupid question but: did you add a blank line to the end of the cron jobs definition file? If not, give it a try.
-Stefan
No, didnt know I should have? Just to clarify: I have only places the script in the cron.hourly directory and havent done anything else. No editing of files, nothing.
Tbh this problem isnt nearly as irritating as Transmission crashing on me every 3 minutes but that's a whole different thread...
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