Timeline for command silently failing when running from the root's crontab
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| Jan 18, 2020 at 22:20 | comment | added | not2savvy | In your script, do you specify the binary with its full path? | |
| Jan 16, 2020 at 19:04 | comment | added | Malooii | I know the mail you speak of as I was using it to debug crontab when not in root mode. I switched to running crontab in root since diskutil wouldn't run when not...and now I can't see mail since mail isn't available in root. I'm basically trying to run a script that checks if a hard drive is connected and if so open an app - that's it. | |
| Jan 16, 2020 at 17:43 | comment | added | Allan |
Not the Mail app (GUI), but mail from the command line - very different. Also, how are you even putting files in the root folder? By default, macOS doesn’t let you write there, much less execute from there. I think there’s a lot missing from the Q.
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| Jan 16, 2020 at 17:24 | comment | added | Malooii | I can't use mail in root made, and no luck with using the full path to the test.sh file - I have just tried to run test.sh using a launchd .plist file, but no luck - is it possible to run my .sh using launchd? | |
| Jan 16, 2020 at 16:47 | comment | added | Allan |
See this answer regarding diagnosing cron (you should be using launchd, BTW). Also, you should be using the full path to test.sh because root doesn’t inherit your path.
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| Jan 16, 2020 at 14:30 | comment | added | Malooii | to be safe both in: /test.sh and /Users/me/test.sh - after typing sudo su root and then pwd the path is /Users/me/ | |
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| Jan 16, 2020 at 13:57 | comment | added | nohillside♦ |
Where exactly is test.sh stored?
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| Jan 16, 2020 at 13:55 | history | asked | Malooii | CC BY-SA 4.0 |