Re: cron help

["Jay Kramer" <user=102@nabble.blu.org>]

 Thanks for the help.  I was away from the computer for awhile. I will 
check out all the suggestions.  I have the -x bit set.  I can run the 
script using 
sudo /etc/cron.weekly/backup.  I will check the paths.  I think that I 
need to be root because I am backing up the /etc directory.  Which 
brings up another question:  What are the good system directories to 
include in a backup 
Thanks again. 
Jay 

On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Tom Metro <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> James Kramer wrote: 
>  > I have a script that I use to backup my data files to the Amazon S3. 
>  > For it to work I need to run is as sudo (root). 
> 
>  First, does it really need to be root? 
> 
> 
> 
>  > I placed this script into /etc/cron.weekly. 
>  > It does not run in cron. 
> 
>  As Matthew Gillen asked, have you set the execute permission on the file? 
> 
>  Have you tried: 
> 
>  # sudo /etc/cron.weekly/backup 
> 
>  (assuming your script is called backup) and does it run? 
> 
>  I presume you've checked root's email and the system log where cron 
>  errors get written. 
> 
>  Also, Matt mentioned paths. Check the cron man page for more information 
>  on how the environment is set up for programs executed from a crontab. 
>  Best to use absolute paths, especially for stuff being ran as root. 
> 
> 
>  > #!/bin/bash 
> 
>  /bin/sh is the preferred shell for scripts. (Usually linked to bash.) 
> 
> 
>  > cd /usr/local/s3sync 
>  > 
> 
> 
>  > echo -e "To: ${EMAIL}\nSubject: s3backup results\nContent-type: 
>  > text/plain\n\n" > /tmp/s3backup.log 
> 
>  If you just echo to STDOUT or STDERR, cron will automatically email the 
>  data to root. 
> 
>  > ../s3sync.rb  ${EXCMDS} --delete -r /etc/ jdata_backup:etc >> /tmp/s3backup.log 
> 
> > ../s3sync.rb  ${EXCMDS} --delete -r /jdata/ jdata_backup:jdata >> 
>  > /tmp/s3backup.log 
>  ... 
> 
>  You could rewrite that as: 
> 
> 
>  cd /usr/local/s3sync &amp;&amp; ( 
>    echo -e "To: ${EMAIL}\nSubject: s3backup results\nContent-type: 
>  text/plain\n\n" 
>    ../s3sync.rb  ${EXCMDS} --delete -r /etc/ jdata_backup:etc 
>    ../s3sync.rb  ${EXCMDS} --delete -r /jdata/ jdata_backup:jdata 
>    ../s3sync.rb  ${EXCMDS} --delete -r /home/jmkramer/.tomboy \ 
>      jdata_backup:tomboy 
>  ) | ${SENDMAIL} "${EMAIL}" 
> 
> 
>   -Tom 
> 
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>  Tom Metro 
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