Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Brandon Hinesley wrote: > >> 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. [...] >> Here's part of my /etc/crontab: >> -------------------- >> SHELL=/bin/sh >> PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin >> [...] >> rsync -av --delete $files/$docs $dbkups/0/ >> >> >> >> > This is a FAQ, though I don't know if it's in the FAQ :-) > > From the command line /usr/local/bin (where rsync lives) is in your > path. From Cron it is not. Either add it to the crontab or set PATH in > your script. The latter is recommended since the script works whatever > the running user has their path set to. There may be some other path > problem I've missed, but this ones sticks out. > > --Alex
Blah - I dont know where rsync lives - let's assume it lives in /usr/local/sbin - change the line in cron to: /usr/local/sbin/rsync -av --delete $files/$docs $dbkups/0/ -- Best regards, Chris Real programmers don't write in Pascal, Bliss, or Ada, or any of those pinko computer science languages. Strong typing is for people with weak memories. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
