Does crontab file automatically bash a text file?

Hey there,

I have a crontab job setup. In the crontab file, I have a path to a text file. My text file has a wget command (which in turn, executes a PHP file). If the crontab file just has the path to the text file, will it automatically bash (execute) that text file? Or do I need to prefix the path to the text file with bash?

Thanks all! -Steve

From serverfault LookitsPuck

• If the file is executable (check if it has x in ls -l, if not, then use chmod to set the executable bit) and the first line contains #!/bin/bash then it will be interpreted in bash.

  The other option is, as you suggest, to pass it as an argument to bash:

  /bin/bash /path/to/your/file.sh
  

  LookitsPuck : Thanks mate! I will take care of this now.

  LookitsPuck : So, my script should do the following: 1stline: #!/bin/bash 2ndline: wget insertweburl here Is that correct?

  Mikael S : Correct. And use `chmod +x ` to set the executable bit. Also, you should probably use the full path to wget, since cronjobs usually run a "bare" environment where `$PATH` might not include the directory where the wget binary resides.
  From L.R.