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Hey guys!

I have this self-made script and it does work well and performs all actions, if it is started manually, however, it does not perform the action from line 81, if it is automatically started from cron.

I don't understand, why.
Any thoughts?

http://pastie.org/private/9duxtwkcqwgnrgh2cn3dng


Thank you!

Does it work outside cron?

Have you tried using the full path to Java?

Yes, script works and starts the server, when initiated manually.
How do I add java location?

"which java" will show you where the executable is located.

it says /usr/bin/java

Where do I put it? Should I add -cp /usr/bin/java ?

I suggest that you try replacing "java" with "/usr/bin/java".

Ok, it didn't helped. java app still does not want to start from script, via cron job.

I recommend that you do some tests with simpler commands to try to narrow down where the mistake is. Replace the java line with having it echo something, for instance, or remove the "nice" bit. Make sure that the command runs on its own when it's not started through cron. Remove the unnecessary quotation marks from around "mc".

I removed quotes, I removed nice. Nothing helps. Maybe, problem is with sudo?
What else can I do?

Thank you for helping me

java runs from that script, if it is not initiated by cron.
Is cron a different user with different permissions or something?

Cron runs as the same user.

You'll need to keep troubleshooting and trying different things -- that's what I would do. Try running a bash script instead. Try running "echo". Keep paring things down until you find what about that line is causing the problem, and then focus on working around that.