not calling php script from shell script which installed in crontab

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i have move_files.sh and installed it in crontab.

Actually job is working because it's printing those echo. And creating log file. But it's not calling that PHP script. Interesting thing is if i run it by manually it's calling php script and working 100%. But why it's not calling after i installed it on crontab. should i put "php" before calling php script. I am thinking that cronjob would work same as manually running script. Please give me idea.

My code is below.

#!/usr/local/bin/bash

DIR=/data/aa/bb
LOG=~account/HOME/log/dd
DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
LOG_FILE=$LOG/move_files.$DATE.log
PROG=~account/HOME/bin/move_files.php

for type in "1" "2" "3" 
do
  echo "Check files in $DIR/dat/$type" >> $LOG_FILE
  $PROG $DIR/dat/$type $DIR/backup/$type >> $LOG_FILE

  echo "Compress files in $type" >> $LOG_FILE
  find $DIR/backup -name "*.DAT" -type f -exec gzip -f {} \;  >> $LOG_FILE
done

first isn't it ~/account. check selinux logs if it is enforcing. Always use full path for files when running from cron job — bansi
– bansi, Commented Nov 11, 2015 at 5:04
@bansi ~account is valid, it means "the home directory of user 'account'". — Gerald Schneider
– Gerald Schneider, Commented Nov 11, 2015 at 7:07
@GeraldSchneider yes. I agree with you. Otherwise it shouldn't create log file. — user347918
– user347918, Commented Nov 11, 2015 at 7:13
I was just reconfirming. You need check your selinux logs. cron jobs have different permission than user shell. I had same problem even when the cron was running as root. — bansi
– bansi, Commented Nov 11, 2015 at 7:19
just try sealert -a on the audit log eg: sealert -a /var/log/audit/audit.log. You may need root permission for this. — bansi
– bansi, Commented Nov 11, 2015 at 7:23

Saad Ismail · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-11 07:01:01Z

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I had the similar issue as you're doing. My backup script was working very well if it's called directly but wasn't working in crontab at all. I figured it out by adding this in the start (after shebang) of bash script:

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt

Where "/opt" in the last is the directory where my bash script exists.

answered Nov 11, 2015 at 7:01

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user347918 Over a year ago

You mean like this. My script is under /home/account/HOME/bin #!/usr/local/bin/bash PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/home/account/HOME/bin DIR=/data/aa/bb LOG=~account/HOME/log/dd DATE=date +%Y%m%d

bansi Over a year ago

PATH is not required when using full paths in the script.

Saad Ismail Over a year ago

@user347918 yes this should work, for the next time surround the code with back-ticks.

gugabguerra · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-11 07:30:01Z

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Try calling the script specifying php binary path.

/path/to/php_binary script_file.php

E.g:

/usr/bin/php5 myscript.php argument1 argument2 >> mylogfile.log

answered Nov 11, 2015 at 7:30

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John · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-11 09:03:50Z

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If you execute the script locally, you will visit to that folder (i.e. ~account/HOME/bin/)

By executing cron, it will use a new shell to execute the *.sh file in the present path. Therefore what you missing is to visit the path of where the .php/.sh file is contained. (absolute path is recommended)

cd ~account/HOME/bin/

The log file can be created because you issue an environment variable $LOG which indicates the exact location of that log file.

answered Nov 11, 2015 at 9:03

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user347918 · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-11 09:15:58Z

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Thanks Guys, anyway i put on myscript following line:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

Then it's working now.

Thank you all of you guys.

answered Nov 11, 2015 at 9:15

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