Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:18:43 -0800 From: "Brandon Hinesley" <brandonh@hotandcold.biz> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Cron Job will not run. Message-ID: <000d01c5e0b3$ca250a00$6800a8c0@BrandonH> In-Reply-To: <20051103160358.40CB216A456@hub.freebsd.org>
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I've been trying to get this working for quite a while, maybe you guys can
help me out.
This is my first time administering a FreeBSD server (or any server for that
matter) and I've only been using FreeBSD (or any other *nix for that matter)
for about 6 months.
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.
I have no way of logging my backup scripts activity yet, any information you
might have on doing so would be appreciated. I would also appreciate any
ideas on improving efficiency/functionality.
Here's part of my /etc/crontab:
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SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
HOME=/var/log
#This means every 3 hours, right?
0 */3 * * * root
/usr/local/Backup/scripts/bkup-daily
# Update the ports using cvsup
45 4 * * * root cvsup
/usr/ports/ports-supfile
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There is a new line at the bottom of the crontab file (As there should be)
Here's some of /var/log/cron:
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Nov 3 09:00:00 server /usr/sbin/cron[56343]: (operator) CMD
(/usr/libexec/save-entropy)
Nov 3 09:00:00 server /usr/sbin/cron[56344]: (root) CMD
(/usr/libexec/atrun)
Nov 3 09:00:00 server /usr/sbin/cron[56345]: (root) CMD
(/usr/local/Backup/scripts/bkup-daily)
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Here's a copy of my backup script:
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root@server# cat /usr/local/Backup/scripts/bkup-daily
#/bin/sh
##########Initialization##########
#--Initialize variables--#
#One for every 3 hours in a week
numbkups="56"
#number of days to keep files in recycle bin before deleting
delrcycl="7"
files="/usr/local/"
docs="Documents"
bis="Control"
userdata="userdata_temp"
recycle=".recycle"
scripts="/usr/local/Backup/scripts"
bkups="/usr/local/Backup"
dbkups="/usr/local/Backup/Daily"
#--End variable init--#
date
#--Check to see if it's being run as root--#
if (( `echo $UID` != 0 )); then { echo "You must be root to run this script.
Exiting..."; exit; } fi
#--End root UID check--#
#--Remove recycle bin files older than $delrcycl days prior to backup--#
find $files/$docs/$recycle -type f -mtime +${delrcycl}d -exec rm -f {} \;
#--End remove recycle bin files--#
##########Rotate backups##########
#--Remove oldest backup--#
rm -rfv $dbkups/$numbkups
#--End remove old backup--#
#--Begin backup rotation--#
for (( i = $numbkups ; i >= 2 ; i-- ))
do
let from=i-1
mv -fv $dbkups/$from $dbkups/$i
done
#--End backup rotation--#
##########Data Transfers##########
#--Replicate second to last backup before updating and correct
permissions--#
chmod 755 $dbkups/0
cd $dbkups/0
find . -print | cpio -dpl --verbose ../1
chmod 755 $dbkups/1
#--End replication of second to last backup--#
#--Rsync main data--#
rsync -av --delete $files/$docs $dbkups/0/
rsync -av --delete $files/$bis $dbkups/0/
rsync -av --delete $bkups/$userdata $dbkups/0/
#--End Rsync data--#
#--Backup Scripts and configs--#
cp $scripts/* /usr/local/etc/smb* /usr/local/sbin/smb* /etc/fstab
/etc/rc.conf $dbkups/0/
##########Cleanup#########
#--Update the date and time for last backup--#
touch -ma $dbkups/0
#--End update the date and time--#
#--End script--#
date
echo
exit 0
#--End script--#
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Thanks in advance!
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