Can't get Cron to work

January 2, 2014 3.3k views
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Hi guys, I'm having an issue with Cron to work.This is what I have in the crontab, that's supposed to run every 5 minutes on Thursday: SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin */5 * * * 4 root cd /home/rails/jukely-web && rails runner -e production 'Pinger.send_test_sms' But it's not running. If I execute cd /home/rails/jukely-web && rails runner -e production 'Pinger.send_test_sms' from the console it runs fine. Am I missing something in the syntax or config I wonder. I read the docs and checked the other questions but no dice. Thanks, Bora
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kamaln7 MOD January 5, 2014
Run 
which rails
-- what does that output?
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bora January 18, 2014
Hi Kamal, didn't get a notification about your comment so didn't see it until now. It outputs:

/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/bin/rails
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kamaln7 MOD January 19, 2014
Ok, replace PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin with PATH=/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/bin/rails:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
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bora January 20, 2014
No dice. Here is everything I have in the crontab.

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/bin/rails:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
* * * * * root cd /home/rails/jukely-web && rails runner -e production 'Pinger.send_test_sms'

and I just tried running

cd /home/rails/jukely-web && rails runner -e production 'Pinger.send_test_sms'

whic works fine, sends me the test SMS.
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kamaln7 MOD January 20, 2014
How are you editing the cron file/config?
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bora January 21, 2014
crontab -e
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kamaln7 MOD January 22, 2014
In that case, you don't need the "root". This should work: 
SHELL=/bin/sh 

PATH=/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/bin/rails:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin 

* * * * * cd /home/rails/jukely-web && rails runner -e production 'Pinger.send_test_sms'
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bora January 22, 2014
Yeah I tried removing root before and now again and it didn't help. I'm happy to give you access to the droplet if you'd like to take a look. Thanks Kamal!

Bora
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kamaln7 MOD January 30, 2014
Try creating a file with this as its contents: 
#!/bin/bash

PATH=/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/bin/rails:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin 

cd /home/rails/jukely-web 

rails runner -e production 'Pinger.send_test_sms'

and editing your crontab file to look like this: 
* * * * * bash /path/to/file
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bora February 4, 2014
Just did that and still not working. I'd be happy to give you access to the droplet and put an end to this month long ticket :)
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