From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 14:08:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF1E516A41F for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:08:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from corwin@aeternal.net) Received: from amber.aeternal.net (amber.in.markiza.sk [62.168.76.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47D9443D45 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:08:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from corwin@aeternal.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.aeternal.net [127.0.0.1]) by amber.aeternal.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D16C0B882 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:08:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from amber.aeternal.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (amber.aeternal.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 77404-04 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:08:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: by amber.aeternal.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BB495B887; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:08:46 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:08:46 +0200 From: martin hudec To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050831140846.GD39126@amber.aeternal.net> References: <20050831112105.GA39126@amber.aeternal.net> <4315B697.5010001@daleco.biz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5p8PegU4iirBW1oA" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4315B697.5010001@daleco.biz> X-Copyright: (C) 2005 Martin Hudec X-Operating-System: FreeBSD amber.aeternal.net 5.4-STABLE i386 X-PGP-Key: http://www.aeternal.net/corwin_aeternal.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at aeternal.net Subject: Re: portsnap and updates using cron X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: martin hudec List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:08:42 -0000 --5p8PegU4iirBW1oA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 08:54:31AM -0500 or thereabouts, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Not sure. Check the logs, etc. If you're familiar with ktrace, > kdump, etc., you could follow the program's progress if you > find no log information. /var/log/cron reports me that cronjob was done. No I am not familiar with ktrace, kdump etc. >=20 > How are you calling the program from cron(8)? I'm sure that > you are aware of cron's limited environment; one result of this > is that you generally need to supply full pathnames to any command > you want cron(8) to run for you. I am aware of cron's limited environment, but full paths are provided. > Is cron sending you any mail about this job? None at all, although every cron is sending me reports. First, I tell my custom script (with environment set by PATH=3D) to call portsnap fetch && portsnap update, but he is unable to fetch anything at all, therefore I started to use portsnap cron and I hoped to be able to fetch it. --=20 martin hudec * 421 907 303 393 * corwin@aeternal.net * http://www.aeternal.net "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible=20 exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws." Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" --5p8PegU4iirBW1oA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDFbnuZYEZIv+rgggRAixQAKCI/fiH2bznD3Y4kPtROUMNHkrwtQCcCBTk TJm3wR9brDiV6uAbFiYTzb8= =d3gM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5p8PegU4iirBW1oA--