crontab not running java -


i have .jar can run via command line.

i need running continuosly every 5 mins, did crontab -e added line

*/5 * * * * java -jar /var/www/java/executable.jar 

if go

grep cron /var/log/syslog 

i see job executed, never since have logger inside java file , first thing append logger time, not doing so.

what can possible error?

the common error environment-variables not bound and

  1. java not in path
  2. java_home not set.

try

*/5 * * * * java -jar /var/www/java/executable.jar > /var/log/javacron.log 2> /var/log/javacron-err.log 

and inspect /var/log/javacron.log-file more informations.