Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:08:46 +0200 From: martin hudec <corwin@aeternal.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portsnap and updates using cron Message-ID: <20050831140846.GD39126@amber.aeternal.net> In-Reply-To: <4315B697.5010001@daleco.biz> References: <20050831112105.GA39126@amber.aeternal.net> <4315B697.5010001@daleco.biz>
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--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--
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