launch a script which requires to be launched from a specific path via crontab

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I have a script which before being launched checks via pwd if the path upon launch is something specific (say dir/subdir/script)

current_folder=$(pwd | grep dir/subdir/script)
if [ "$current_folder" == "" ]; then
{
echo "something bad"
exit
}
fi

how can this script be launched via crontab? I cannot remove the check with pwd or amend the script content under any circumstance since it's subject to continuous updates that would be replaced

Thanks everyone

dhag · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-07 22:14:44Z

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You can specify several commands, separated by ; or &&, as your cron job, for example:

* * * * * cd /some/path && foo

(This will only run foo if the cd was successful.)

answered Feb 7, 2017 at 22:14

dhag

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that was what I tried which didn't work at first since in the line I had to add some % chars which then came out need to be escaped when used on a crontab line. Thanks for your help, you were right btw

funkoolow
– funkoolow

2017-02-07 23:56:21 +00:00
Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 23:56

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