On Mon, 2020-06-22 at 18:35 +0200, Roberto Ragusa wrote:
> On 2020-06-21 18:54, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > 0 3 * * * root /usr/local/bin/dock up && /usr/bin/borgmatic ; 
> > /usr/local/bin/dock down
> 
> I would suggest to avoid multiple commands on a cron entry,
> better to have a simple /usr/local/bin/do_backup with the three commands 
> inside.
> 
> There you can log with "date" commands the execution the starting of each of 
> the part
> 
> and probably discover that the up part is working fine
> 
> (md127: active with 2 out of 2 mirrors)
> 
> then the backup script is failing (or not starting) and the down part is 
> having problems,

I'll consider that, but the script itself is already logging its
actions.

> apparently shutting down disks while md is still active.
> Cron jobs have often problems with missing env variables (e.g. simplified 
> PATH)
> ,
> those can also be fixed if you go the do_backup approach.

The script is called with a full path, so I don't think that's it, but
I guess I'll try it anyway.

Thanks for the feedback.

poc
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