Why isnt my cron job working?

The problem with the cronjob is that it has one extra star (which causes a syntax error). Replace it with this one:

*/10 * * * /usr/local/bin/znc >/dev/null 2>&1

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@MikeChops Sorry, but I don’t agree @ioanmoldovan199, you have enough stars.

*/10 * * * * part is OK. General syntax is OK - * * * * * * where from left to right * means: 1 - Minute (0-59) 2 - Hour (0-23) 3 - Day of Month (1-31) 4 - Month (0-7) 5 - Day of Week (0-6) 6 - Command So, your syntax means execute command every 10 minutes. */10 on minute part, means it’ll be repetitive - it’ll execute every 10 minutes.

Even if you look at ZNC wiki, you’ll see that same line:

*/10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/znc >/dev/null 2>&1

My guess is that command is invalid. What could be a problem? Well, maybe ZNC is not located at /usr/local/bin/znc. Verify location of it using which command. which will return you where it is stored. Execute this:

which znc

Sample output of 'which'
/usr/bin/znc

If you installed using apt-get, you’ll probably have it in /usr/bin/znc instead of /usr/local/bin/znc, so line for crontab would be:

*/10 * * * * /usr/bin/znc >/dev/null 2>&1

If output of which is something other, use it.

To verify is it problem, you can try executing location of it - /usr/local/bin/znc. If you type this in terminal:

/usr/local/bin/znc

In case it is under that location you’ll see something along:

Sample output
[ .. ] Checking for list of available modules...
[ >> ] ok
...

(or any valid ZNC output). Well, if it isn’t under that location, you’ll see this:

Sample output
-bash: /usr/local/bin/znc: No such file or directory