On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 16:23 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-07-26 15:08, Kevin Ross wrote: > >On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:48:15 -0500, Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> > >wrote: > >>On 2009-07-26 02:38, Siggy Brentrup wrote: > [snip] > >>> > >>>Simply copy to a place that isn't > >>>cleaned up upon boot. /tmp is intended for temporary storage, that's > >>>why it's called /tmp. > >>But who in ${DEITY}'s name puts crontab entries in /tmp??? > >> > > > >I can find no mention anywhere in this thread that says the OP put > >crontab entries in /tmp. The only reference to /tmp I see is the > >cp command > >copying stuff into /tmp. Am I missing something? > > Why else would his crontab entries "disappear"? (I can think of > some unflattering reasons, but we won't go there yet.)
Well I believe in code much more than in non-native wordings. Just look at it, cut-n-pasted from the OP, slightly indented by me: #crontab -e 30 23 * * * cp ~www/db_backup/cdr/cdrFromMSC* /tmp Even in these 2 innocent lines I see >5 points I'd do differently when assigned the job to backup some files every night at 23:30 local time. It's obvious OP's backups disappear in the great void after reboot, <cyn>replacing /tmp with /dev/null would yield the same result more efficiently sparing a reboot.</cyn>. btw: did you notice OP never showing up in this little subthread, he seems to prefer personal support via private email. bye Siggy -- Please don't Cc: me when replying, I might not see either copy. bsb-at-psycho-dot-informationsanarchistik-dot-de or: bsb-at-psycho-dot-i21k-dot-de O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org
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