On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 08:35:44AM -0800, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 10:57:54AM -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > > > 0 1 * * * mergelog /var/log/apache2/access.log [...] > > > > Every day I get an e-mail telling me this failed. > > > > > > > Now, I can go in and to this manually, > > > > Why can't cron do it without my intervention? > > > > > > > > > What reason does the email give for the failure? > > > Chris > > > > > > mv: cannot stat `/var/log/apache2/MY.log': No such file or directory > > Clearly not merging logs and creating the MY.log file. > > I will try with the fully path and see happens tonight. > > Your first cron job: > 0 1 * * * mergelog /var/log/apache2/access.log > /var/log/apache2/other_vhosts_access.log /var/log/apache2/my.log > MY.log > > This does not run with /var/log/apache2/ as $PWD, so MY.log won't be > created in that directory. Try being explicit about the path to MY.log, > e.g. /var/log/apache2/MY.log > > noah >
Aha! I'm guessing this is precisely the (rather so obvious it hid in plain site) problem. (senility...it's my only excuse...I turned 30 for the 13th time on Monday) Thanks! ./tony -- http://www.tonybaldwin.me all tony, all the time! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120208185926.gb22...@deathstar.hsd1.ct.comcast.net
