Bash script runs manually, but fails on crontab

Question

I\'m a newbie to shell scripting. I have written a shell script to do incremental backup of MySQL database.The script is in executable format and runs successfully when exec

Answer 1

1. In your crontab file your script entry can have

   * * * * * /bin/bash /path/to/your/script
   

2. Make sure to use full paths in your script. I have had a look through it and I have not seen any but just in case I missed it.