Cronjobs don't get run

[Felix 'buebo' Kakrow]

Hello,
I have a cronjob like this:

*/15    *       *       *       *       getmail --quiet --rcfile=whatever

It  works fine when run directly from the command line but does not run at
all as a cronjob. 

A timed cronjob like this:

7       7       *       *       *       whatever_command

works fine on the other hand.

I had a look at crontab(5) which states: "Steps are also permitted after an
asterisk so if you want to say ‘‘every two hours’’, just use ‘‘*/2’’." So
this should work, but isn't.

What now?

Cheers
Felix
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