Cronjob not working

Question

I have added a new line to my crontab file, but this line won't work. This is the code of my crontab file:

# Music scrobbler
# Every 5 minutes
*/5 * * * * php -f /var/www/Music/scrobble/index.php


# Radio scrobbler
# Every Minute
*/1 * * * * php -f /var/www/fmstats/Scrobble/cron/scrobble.php > /fmstats.log

The first line works perfectly, but the second does nothing. It should output a list of radio stations but fmstats.log is always empty. It should also add a row to a database wich doesn't happen either.

If I execute the file manualy using the console or via the browser, it works just fine.

Answer 1

This is probably a question of permissions. Doublecheck: What user is running the cronjob, and the permissios on /fmstats.log

I quess if you change your path to the outputfile like lets sayD /tmp/fmstats.log you will get a file in your /tmp folder.

You should also try a full path:

/1 * * * * php -f /var/www/fmstats/Scrobble/cron/scrobble.php > /var/www/fmstats/Scrobble/cron/fmstats.log