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[mnl]

hi.

i'm trying to setup a cron job to run a php script. for testing i made a job to run the script every 5 minutes, but it isn't running at all, ever.

i used the "crontab -e" command as root to edit my crontab and added this line (name of actual script edited out)

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/script

i run this script manually all the time and it works perfectly.

am i missing something?

[SteveG]

Debian, possibly? Are you using an "text" editor that doesn't automatically append a newline? Trying adding a comment line after your script line, e.g.

Code:
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/script
#