Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:55:50 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Cc: Brandon Hinesley <brandonh@hotandcold.biz>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cron Job will not run. Message-ID: <436A7956.9000000@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <436A773F.1070004@dial.pipex.com> References: <000d01c5e0b3$ca250a00$6800a8c0@BrandonH> <436A773F.1070004@dial.pipex.com>
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Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Brandon Hinesley wrote: > >> The script below works perfectly when I run it from a console, however, >> nothing at all seems to happen as evidenced by the backups not being >> rotated. I don't know if this makes a difference, but the "Backup" >> folder >> is a file system on an external hard drive. I am also using samba to >> share >> that folder as r/o. [...] >> Here's part of my /etc/crontab: >> -------------------- >> SHELL=/bin/sh >> PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin >> [...] >> rsync -av --delete $files/$docs $dbkups/0/ >> >> >> >> > This is a FAQ, though I don't know if it's in the FAQ :-) > > From the command line /usr/local/bin (where rsync lives) is in your > path. From Cron it is not. Either add it to the crontab or set PATH in > your script. The latter is recommended since the script works whatever > the running user has their path set to. There may be some other path > problem I've missed, but this ones sticks out. > > --Alex Blah - I dont know where rsync lives - let's assume it lives in /usr/local/sbin - change the line in cron to: /usr/local/sbin/rsync -av --delete $files/$docs $dbkups/0/ -- Best regards, Chris Real programmers don't write in Pascal, Bliss, or Ada, or any of those pinko computer science languages. Strong typing is for people with weak memories.
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