script works via command line but not in cron job

Question

Not sure what I am doing wrong, I tried running this cron job where it should run this script (test.sh) where it copies my photos from one folder to a tmp folder but the cron job does not work unless it is in my home directory (or whatever directory when you just do a 'cd') I have tried the following and it works via command line but not on cron, can someone help. This is on Mac OS with the latest sw update

*/1 * * * *  cd Desktop && ./test.sh

I've also tried the absolute path

 */1 * * * * /Users/helpme/Desktop/test.sh

My code for test.sh is below:

#!/bin/bash 
rsync /Users/helpme/Desktop/test/* /Users/helpme/Desktop/tmp/ 

When I have the following in my crontab -e

*/1 * * * * /bin/bash '/Users/helpme/Desktop/test.sh' >> /Users/helpme/Desktop/backup.log 2>&1

I get the following in my log file /bin/bash: /Users/helpme/Desktop/test.sh: Operation not permitted

Looked up the error, changed my privacy to full disk and still get the same error

UPDATE: Thank you to anonymous below in the comments for providing the article that solved the issue. Make sure to add cron to have full disk access. https://osxdaily.com/2020/04/27/fix-cron-permissions-macos-full-disk-access/

Answer 1

It sounds like your script works on the current directory instead of an absolute path. In that case the result depends on where it is located. Consider adding the code to the question so that we can help.