Why won't cron run my sh script?

Asked Nov 08 '13 at 01:47

Active Nov 08 '13 at 03:39

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Used gnome-schedule to create a script to set my headset as the fallback audio device because it keeps unsetting it when the headset gets disconnected or pc goes into sleep mode.

Anyway, crontab is this:

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/home/dmitry/bin
* * * * * headsetfix

/home/dmitry/bin/headsetfix is

#!/bin/sh
pacmd set-default-sink alsa_output.usb-Logitech_Inc_Logitech_USB_Headset_H540_00000000-00-H540.analog-stereo
pacmd set-default-source alsa_input.usb-Logitech_Inc_Logitech_USB_Headset_H540_00000000-00-H540.analog-stereo

It runs fine from the terminal. I've made sure it's chmodded to be executable, and "which headsetfix", run from cron, outputs "/home/dmitry/bin/headsetfix" so not sure what the problem is.

edited Nov 08 '13 at 03:39

asked Nov 08 '13 at 01:47

Dmiters

How you access the cron tab? sudo cron -e? or cron -e? – Braiam Nov 08 '13 at 02:10
just "crontab -e" – Dmiters Nov 08 '13 at 03:07
Not pretty sure why this doesn't work, but can you try changing the last line of your crontab to * * * * * sh headsetfix – jobin Nov 08 '13 at 04:01
Nope, that doesn't help. Maybe the fact that it writes to stdout has to do with it?
`dmitry@dmibuntu:~$ sh /usr/local/bin/headsetfix Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information.

Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information. dmitry@dmibuntu:~$ `

– Dmiters Nov 08 '13 at 04:26
Screw it, it'll probably be easier to just have a separate script run headsetfix and then sleep for a bit, looping forever. – Dmiters Nov 08 '13 at 04:50
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Does this answer your question? Cannot create a crontab job for my scrapy program – Pablo Bianchi Jan 06 '21 at 19:15
Dunno man it's been over 7 years since I faced this problem. My current system doesn't even have cron so who knows. – Dmiters Jan 20 '21 at 04:02

Why won't cron run my sh script?

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