crontab config issues

Question

I would like to setup a crontab for my thinking_sphinx search feature. I am not using any ruby gems for this.

this is my command

*/59 * * * * cd path && rake thinking_sphinx:index RAILS_ENV=production

The syslog gives me this:

CRON[2890]: (user) CMD (cd path && rake thinking_sphinx:index RAILS_ENV=production)

Yet the thinking_sphinx is not getting indexed. It does work if I index it manually.

Answer 1

I added these at the top of the crontab file, now it works.

PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

SHELL=/bin/bash