cron job?

[solo2500]

Can anyone tell me if the formatting of this crontab entry is correct?
0 6 * * * /etc/init.d/ service motion start
1 13 * * * /etc/init.d/ service motion stop

I see that it runs. This is what I get from the log file:
Aug 6 13:01:01 VIDraspberrypi CRON[1083]: (root) CMD (/etc/init.d/ service motion stop)

But Motion does not stop? It's got to be something simple but I'm to dense to figure it out... Any ideas.
THANKS for any help!

[stderr]

But Motion does not stop?

Does it stop when you use that command at the command line? Does it require root privileges? Are you using a normal user crontab or root's?

[solo2500]

But Motion does not stop?

Does it stop when you use that command at the command line? Does it require root privileges? Are you using a normal user crontab or root's?

Yes... When I use sudo service motion stop at the command prompt it stops. The cron job is in the root.. ie sudo cron -e

[rpdom]

But Motion does not stop?

Does it stop when you use that command at the command line? Does it require root privileges? Are you using a normal user crontab or root's?

Yes... When I use sudo service motion stop at the command prompt it stops. The cron job is in the root.. ie sudo cron -e

But your crontab isn't running "service motion stop". It's running "/etc/init.d/ service motion stop", which is not a valid command.

Try

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0 6 * * * /usr/sbin/service motion start
1 13 * * * /usr/sbin/service motion stop

[solo2500]

THANK YOU... THANK YOU.... THANK YOU!!!

I love you... man!

I just started learning Pi and linux! The depth of my ignorance seems infinite! Thanks again!