On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 13:02:43 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > This may be a FAQ, but it has me stumped. I try to do a weekly backup > with this, but nothing happens, and there is nothing in syslog: > > # crontab -l 0 4 * * 0 /home/haines/scripts/backup > > I can run the script manually with # /home/haines/scripts/backup. > > Cron daemon is running: > > $ ps -ef | grep cron | grep -v grep root 8972 1 0 12:37 ? > 00:00:00 cron
It's most likely that your script is using some environment variable that's not (inherently) present to the cron daemon; or a pathing issue (e.g. ~/Documents is different to you than it is to the [root] Cron job). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
