Let's see your actual crontab entrie; I find it hany to put this commented text at the top of every crontab: #minute (0-59), #| hour (0-23), #| | day of the month (1-31), #| | | month of the year (1-12), #| | | | day of the week (0-6 with 0=Sunday). #| | | | | commands #00 19 * * 2,5 /home/spike/scripts/testing.sh > /dev/null 2>&1