Problems with backgrounding scripts in cron

[tankinnen]

Hi

I have a script which I call from cron which causes another script to be run in the background:

#!/bin/bash
bash /usr/local/bin/generateOutput &

The script generateOutput simply echos a text string.

When called from the command line I see the output whether or not generateOutput is backgrounded. When called from cron, and generateOutput is backgrounded I do not get the resulting output emailed to me as I would expect.

Has anyone seen this before and can you suggest how to capture STDERR and STDOUT from generateOutput and return it to the cron?

Many thanks

[Wayne_V]

See here first:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Cr...ommon_Problems

are you running the cronjob as a regular user?

what is your cron entry?

have you tried to tee stdout & stderr to a file as well?

have you checked /var/log/ auth.log and syslog?

[dcstar]

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have you tried to tee stdout & stderr to a file as well?

have you checked /var/log/ auth.log and syslog?

Or have you asked your tutor?