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  • I used crontab -e as a root user, I have not changed the path from the default so if the default is not set, how should I set it? and what should I set it to so that the invocation of mysql will NOT fail? Thanks for pointing out that typo. Commented Apr 3, 2019 at 21:09
  • Just use the full path in your crontab to the mysql binary. Commented Apr 3, 2019 at 21:12
  • As I said in my question, I've never really done this before, this is my first time doing anything even remotely like this & I don't have much experience with linux in general. Most of what I've done has been gathered from bits & pieces of information around the net so I have no idea what I'm doing honestly. with that being said, where would I potentially find the mysql binary? Commented Apr 3, 2019 at 21:18
  • type which mysql at the command line and then replace your mysql with the output of that command. Commented Apr 3, 2019 at 21:27
  • I tried that but no luck. cron log shows that its running the command, but im not seeing any of my folders created or zip files unzipped, not even the text file at the end. Commented Apr 3, 2019 at 21:37