Cron job with an alias

Question

While I work on setting up Meltano, I'd like to create a simple cron job to schedule my Pipelinewise tap/target on my Ubuntu server. Transferwise references using the following crontab:

*/5 *   * * * pipelinewise run_tap --tap microserv_1 --target redshift # Sync every 5 minutes

I am new to Linux and unsure how to include the alias for pipelinewise. I am running it in a docker container and always start with:

cd pipelinewise

alias pipelinewise="$(pwd)/bin/pipelinewise-docker"

How do I incorporate this in to the crontab?

Answer 1

I found the answer. Omit the alias:

*/5 * * * * /home/ubuntu/pipelinewise/bin/pipelinewise-docker run_tap --tap postgres_prd_server --target snowflake # Sync every 5 minutes