Cron tab to run a java file - pls help!

[hannah.smith]

I'm having issues getting a cron tab to run a java file every 5 minutes and have searched tirelessly and tried many things to get it to work!


I have tried to create an executable script to see if that is what's needed:


My script and java file are both stored in /usr/local/bin

My crontab:


*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/java-crontab.sh

My script:#!/bin/bash
export PATH=/usr/share/doc/openjdk-6-jre-headless:$PATH
java -jar /usr/local/bin/javatest.jar

My sys log says I don't have MTA installed - installed postfix that didn't solve
anything so I removed that. Any help would be so much appreciated!!

[efflandt]

cron is run with minimal env (assume that nothing is defined), and initial $PATH is undefined. Use full paths for everything run by cron. For example your $PATH does not include /usr/bin, so cron would not even know where to find java.