This is my short but effective code:
#!/bin/bash
xdotool search –class midori key F5
The code's name is refresh.sh, and I've chmod'ed it. Also, when I run the code from the terminal, it works just as it should. However when I expect cron to run it, nothing seems to happen. The code is located on the Raspberries desktop: and this is what the cron request looks like:
* * * * * /home/pi/Desktop/refresh.sh
Additionally, I've copied and pasted the above full directory to the terminal, and the code works fine.
I don't know what else to do?
Question: How can I make the cron work?
Quickfix: One quick fix is doing a while true loop with a sleep function of 60 seconds and just run it, and leave it... but this isn't the 'ethical' solution. So then the code would look something like this:
#!/bin/bash
while true
do
xdotool search –class midori key F5
sleep 1m #sleep the code for 1 minute or "sleep 60" can be used as well
done