Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:32:06 -0500 From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PATH braincramp Message-ID: <496100A6.8090200@wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <87k59bhury.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <4960E864.5060104@wallnet.com> <87k59bhury.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:48:36 -0500, Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> wrote: > >> I'm having a tussle with one of those things I've done a zillion times, >> but now I can't fathom what the heck is wrong. >> >> When I run flexbackup from a cron job (as root) , the following error is >> returned by e-mail to root: >> >> Errors: >> mbuffer not found in $PATH >> dump not found in $PATH >> restore not found in $PATH >> >> $PATH is set in root's crontab: $PATH = "/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin >> /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin" >> > > You are not using `$PATH = xxx yyy' right? > > Evaluating the variable to extract its _value_ needs a dollar sign, but > setting it should not use a dollar sign and the value elements should be > separated by ':' like this: > > PATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin" > > > > Pass the Pointy Hat over so I can strap it on twice. I had tried "/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin" but, yes I had the $ in front of PATH. Wow, what a braincramp. I feel like a dope, but a dope that has his backup crons running, now. Giorgios, THANK YOU!
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