JessicaH

Wow! thank you so much! This was very informative!

oh shit 185down vote My top gotcha: If you forget to add a newline at the end of the crontab file. In other words, the crontab file should end with an empty line. I AM 50% SURE THIS IS THE PROBLEM

explain to me what each command does */1 * * * * /usr/bin/sh /home/jessh/directory1/directory2/cron.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 i know what the stars do you specified a directory of some sort... what is /usr/bin/sh ? is it where my sh file is located? and i know that /home/jessh/directory1/directory2/cron.sh is executing the .sh file, correct? It would be very kind if you could explain it to me. Thank you. btw, i followed this wiki, and env showed the path varaible as something else. http://askubuntu.com/questions/23009/reasons-why-crontab-does-not-work i think i have to set the path variable at the top of the script how exactly would i do that in my case?

*/1 * * * * /home/jessh/directory1/directory2/cron.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 When i try to do this, it wont execute... What am I doing wrong? OS: Ubuntu Server 16.04 Here is the error log... Sep 15 09:25:01 jessh CRON[24333]: (jessie) CMD (/home/jessie/testing/testing/cron.sh >/dev/null 2>&1) Sep 15 09:26:01 jessh CRON[24678]: (jessie) CMD (cd /home/jessie/testing/testing/ cron.sh >/dev/null 2>&1) Sep 15 09:27:01 jessh CRON[24782]: (jessie) CMD (cd /home/jessie/testing/testing/ sh cron.sh >/dev/null 2>&1) Sep 15 09:28:01 jessh CRON[24865]: (jessie) CMD (cd /home/jessie/testing/testing/ sh cron.sh >/dev/null 2>&1) I tried two different methods... None of which worked For line 1: */1 * * * * cd /home/jessie/testing/testing/ cron.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 >/dev/null 2 Line 2 is the same, just with the different command at the end cd /home/jessie/testing/testing/ sh cron.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 Help I installed postfix too, it didn't change anything cron.sh is just a command that creates a file named file.txt

I saw you edit that now start from 1 you trying to be sneaky peaky

Can the whole forum collectively count to 20? (in celebration of my 20 posts) I was very curious, and i wanted to see if linustechtips is up for the challenge! I will start (If you repeat you must start over) 1

I dont think that there is anything that you could do... Ask around! Maybe somebody knows more than me

My mom needs some speakers, she listens to everything through her really bad computer speaker... its so bad it hurts my ears... Ill set it up for her and everything! I bet she will really like it http://www.amazon.com/VIZIO-S4251w-B4-Wireless-Subwoofer-Satellite/dp/B00CDIK908/ref=sr_1_12?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1449275815&sr=1-12&keywords=speakers&refinements=p_36%3A1253507011 That ought to cheer her up! (If first one is out of stock then buy this one, if i win lol) http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-HW-J450-Channel-Wireless-Soundbar/dp/B00TKPAWFO/ref=sr_1_9?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1449275896&sr=1-9&keywords=sound+bar

I think windows 10 removed it due to compatability issues. Are you running windows 10 pro or no?

cool!

whats overwatch

ok! Thats what i meant.

I have 20$ in terms of money on my paypal, so it could be used to buy an apple gift card, if that was worth it @hug0mac @Arty

I dont have an apple device! I have an android, so that might be why i am oblivious to the fact that there is such a thing. i know that