Crontab creation failure Magento 2

Question

I am running Magento 2 on MAMP using PHP 5.6.10 and following this tutorial to create the crontab.

Magento 2 Setup with Crons

When I type sudo crontab -u Phil -e and enter the following...

*/1 * * * * /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/bin/php -c /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/conf/php.ini /Users/Phil/sites/magento/bin/magento cron:run >> /Users/Phil/sites/magento/var/log/setup.cron.log&
*/1 * * * * /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/bin/php -c /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/conf/php.ini /Users/Phil/sites/magento/update/cron.php >> /Users/Phil/sites/magento/var/log/setup.cron.log&
*/1 * * * * /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/bin/php -c /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/conf/php.ini /Users/Phil/sites/magento/bin/magento setup:cron:run >> /Users/Phil/sites/magento/var/log/setup.cron.log&

I get an error Pattern not found 1 * * * *

Any ideas on setting this up ?

Answer 1

It doesn't matter what directory you're in while creating crontab entries. Simply run:

crontab -e

Then switch to insert mode by typing:

i

Now you can paste in the following:

* * * * * /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/bin/php -c /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/conf/php.ini /Users/Phil/sites/magento/bin/magento cron:run >> /Users/Phil/sites/magento/var/log/setup.cron.log&
* * * * * /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/bin/php -c /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/conf/php.ini /Users/Phil/sites/magento/update/cron.php >> /Users/Phil/sites/magento/var/log/setup.cron.log&
* * * * * /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/bin/php -c /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/conf/php.ini /Users/Phil/sites/magento/bin/magento setup:cron:run >> /Users/Phil/sites/magento/var/log/setup.cron.log&

Now tap on "Esc" key and confirm to exit insert mode. And save the changes by typing

:wq

You will get confirmation:

crontab: installing new crontab

Subsequently, you can verify existing crontab by running:

crontab -l

Answer's rationale: */1 * * * * isn't really valid crontab granularity. You want to run it every minute, which is * * * * *.