Failed crontab for root on OSX

Created on March 23, 2020 by Jeremiah John
Tags: osx, Bash, cron, Homebrew
 

If you're running a cron job as root, and you're running a homebrew command, you'll need to add homebrew to the root user's path.

sudo su
cat ~/.bash_profile

Do you see this?

</usr/local/bin:$PATH/code>?
 
If not, run
<code>
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

Test it

source ~/.bash_profile
which mycommand

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Hi. My name is Jeremiah John. I'm a sf/f writer and activist.

I just completed a dystopian science fiction novel. I run a website which I created that connects farms with churches, mosques, and synagogues to buy fresh vegetables directly and distribute them on a sliding scale to those in need.

In 2003, I spent six months in prison for civil disobedience while working to close the School of the Americas, converting to Christianity, as one does, while I was in the clink.