cron job doesn't seem to be running?

["Desmond Lee" <dezimond telus net>]

Hi there


I have 2 script, one to do a back up and another to run a virsu scan on 2
folders. I've scheduled them to run every sunday in my /etc/crontab file.

This is what i got in my /etc/contab file:
[dlee 142 etc]$ vi crontab

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/

# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

0-59/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg

00 2 * * sun /root/scripts/virusScan.sh
00 1 * * sun /root/scripts/backup.sh


however, it didn't seem to run for some reason. Now, upon looking at
documentation it says i have to drop the scripts in one of the appropriate
directories:

"All the sysadmin needs to do is drop a shell script or a link to an
executable in one of the directories and it will automatically be run at the
appropriate time. "
-http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/tips/cron/cron.html

But, i thought that you could just add in the bottom 2 lines that are in my
/etc/crontab file and it would execute the 2 specified scripts that i have
in the root homem directory.

Should i then take out the last 2 lines of of my /etc/crontab file and then
use something like 'crontab -e' and edit a blank crontabl file to include
the following 2 lines:

00 2 * * sun /root/scripts/virusScan.sh
00 1 * * sun /root/scripts/backup.sh


Oh.. and both scripts work great... i've already made sure of this.

Thanks

Desmond