crontab -e command won't work using Git Bash

Asked Oct 18 '16 at 06:22

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I'm trying to add a schedule in my Laravel using crontab -e in my Git Bash but it won't enter me to the crontab configuration where I need to add following Cron entry to my server.

It works when I fired the command once php artisan isApprove:update. Any help why I can't configure this?

UPDATE

$ echo $PATH
/c/Users/JohnFrancis/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/bin:/c/Users/JohnFrancis/bin:/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/iCLS Client:/c/Program Files/Intel/iCLS Client:/c/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/Program Files/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/DAL:/c/Program Files/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/IPT:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/DAL:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/IPT:/c/xampp/php:/c/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin:/cmd:/c/HashiCorp/Vagrant/bin:/c/Users/JohnFrancis/AppData/Roaming/Composer/vendor/bin:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl

edited Oct 18 '16 at 06:53

Barmar

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From what you have shown, it seems crontab is not installed on your server – Nikster2014 Oct 18 '16 at 06:25
isn't crontab basically installed on every linux system? i'd rather guess that the bash doesn't find the command. what's the output of `which crontab`? – Franz Gleichmann Oct 18 '16 at 06:37
@FranzGleichmann What do you mean by the output of which crontab? – Francisunoxx Oct 18 '16 at 06:40
@Francisunoxx You type `which crontab` to the shell, show the output that it produces. This is an elementary Unix command. – Barmar Oct 18 '16 at 06:41
I suspect the problem is that your `$PATH` is not set correctly. – Barmar Oct 18 '16 at 06:41
@Barmar Sorry I'm just new using this. – Francisunoxx Oct 18 '16 at 06:41
`which` is a command that takes another command name as argument and tells you where it is located on your filesystem. so just type `which command` in your bash, press enter, and show us the output – Franz Gleichmann Oct 18 '16 at 06:42
@Barmar How can I check If my `$PATH` is not set correctly? – Francisunoxx Oct 18 '16 at 06:42
`echo $PATH` to see what it contains. Make sure it contains both `/bin` and `/usr/bin`. – Barmar Oct 18 '16 at 06:43
@Barmar I updated my post please see the PATH. – Francisunoxx Oct 18 '16 at 06:51
@FranzGleichmann I updated my post please see the PATH. – Francisunoxx Oct 18 '16 at 06:51
there we have your problem. you're using a windows-machine. crontab is a unix-command. it's not available on windows – Franz Gleichmann Oct 18 '16 at 06:53
Possible duplicate of [crontab command not found in my git-bash for windows 7](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33775581/crontab-command-not-found-in-my-git-bash-for-windows-7) – Franz Gleichmann Oct 18 '16 at 06:53
@FranzGleichmann Yes I'm using windows machine. I just installed Homestead on my Laravel. – Francisunoxx Oct 18 '16 at 06:53
gitbash does not include crontab. – Laurent Picquet Mar 22 '17 at 14:07

crontab -e command won't work using Git Bash

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