-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Tinnin Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 10:07 AM To: FreeBSD-questions Subject: crontab question involving cvsup
OK, I have searched the archives, and I can't find that my question has been answered previously, but please forgive me if that's incorrect. I'm using (or rather trying to use) cron to update my ports tree daily. I've tried several different combinations without success, and lately this is what I have in my crontab file: /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 /home/krinklyfig/supfiles/ports-supfile && /usr/local/bin/portindex && /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -u It runs as root once a day. What appears to be happening is that the cvsup is happening, but portindex is not, and because of the latter portsdb -u doesn't either. The reason I know cvsup is working is because portindex indicates that the ports tree has been updated if I run it manually later, but running portversion before manually running portindex will not indicate any changes. The cron log doesn't show anything but the commands being executed. So, my question is: is this type of command valid, or should each command be separate? Or is it not working for some other reason? - jt Hi, I'll suggest you to use /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -uU instead of /usr/local/bin/portindex && /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -u It works perfect with me :) Regards, Ivailo Tanusheff _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
