blah.sh: ======== #!/bin/bash datenow=`date +%d-%m-%y` cd cd may-new mkdir $datenow cd $datenow cp -r ../gnr/* ./ #screen -S gnrbench -mds -X python ./gnrbench.py > foo.bar <- this doesn't run screen -S gnrbench -mds -X python ./blah.py > foo.bar crontab -l: =========== * * * * * bash /home/gkouvakis/blah.sh