[SOLVED] Shutdown and start mv from cron error

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Hi, I'm trying to power off then power on a virtual machine from cron.
Script to shutdown:
root@svrmetamvs3:~/scripts# cat ApagaMvGLPI.sh
#!/bin/bash
# apagar mvglpi
qm shutdown 300101
script to activate:
root@svrmetamvs3:~/scripts# cat EnciendeMvGLPI.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Encender mvGLPI
qm start 300101
cron:
root@svrmetamvs3:~/scripts#
crontab -l
50 12 * * * root /root/scripts/ApagaMvGLPI.sh
55 12 * * * root /root/scripts/ActivateMvGLPI.sh
from the command line:
qm shutdown 300101 and qm start 300101 works fine
the scripts :
sh ApagaMvGLPI.sh and sh EnciendeMvGLPI.sh works fine
from cron it gives me this error:
/root/scripts/ApagaMvGLPI.sh: line 3: qm: command not found

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

 

[leesteken]

/usr/sbin/ is not in $PATH. Use /usr/sbin/qm instead of qm in cron jobs.

 

[bbgeek17]

@leesteken is correct, you @metaenlace should use full path. Generally cron execution does not have PATH defined from the user unless you make it so. So its best to not rely on PATH at all.

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[metaenlace]

/usr/sbin/ is not in $PATH. Use /usr/sbin/qm instead of qm in cron jobs.

Thank you very much! Solved
I have not thought about the path because from the terminal it worked fine

 

[metaenlace]

@leesteken is correct, you @metaenlace should use full path. Generally cron execution does not have PATH defined from the user unless you make it so. So its best to not rely on PATH at all.

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Thank you!!