Crontab Prob in slack

[berb]

I want to be able to launch my xmms from a shell script hit by crontab.

script is:

#/bin/bash
echo working
/usr/local/bin/xmms -d &


permissions are rwx across the board and the path is correct, in fact from the CLI if I run it it works fine BUT when I run a crontab, it doesn't work !?! :confused:

I get mail from the daemon that sez 'working' but the player doesn't launch.

BTW the permissions on the xmms are also rwx across the board.

Am I missing something?
running slack 7.1, KDE
:cool: SLACKWARE :cool:

[X_console]

The first line of your script is wrong. It should be:

#!/bin/bash

[berb]

nope, still doesn't work

[ssadams]

what did you post as a line in crontab?

[berb]

Originally posted by ssadams:
what did you post as a line in crontab?
12 16 * * * /home/dberb/wake

[X_console]

According to your crontab file, you're trying to run the script at 4:12PM every day. Is this correct?

[berb]

The shell script runs fine when I run it from the CLI and the crontab works too, I ckeched it with a dummy output file. CRONTAB does not run the /usr/local/bin/xmms line and it is driving me bonkers.

OR, is there another way to launch a timed event that I don't know about, all I want to do is launch my player so I don't have to listen to my stupid alarm clock's BEEP anymore.
thanks

[X_console]

So the script executes, but it doesn't run xmms? Try calling xmms in the script as follows:

exec /usr/local/bin/xmms -d &

An alternative way of getting something to run at a certain time is to use the "at" command. However, unlike "cront", "at" will run once and then needs to be set again:

at 4:10pm
> /usr/local/bin/xmms -d &
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