Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:36:03 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> To: Brandon Hinesley <brandonh@hotandcold.biz> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cron Job will not run. Message-ID: <436A82C3.9000708@wmptl.com> In-Reply-To: <001201c5e0bb$6c81a8b0$6800a8c0@BrandonH> References: <001201c5e0bb$6c81a8b0$6800a8c0@BrandonH>
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lol - sorry to point out the obvious, but ya never know ;) - have seen
worse/done worse myself...
Anyhow, try modifying the script so it just outputs something to the console,
see if cron logs/emails the output or not, then take it step-by-step from there;
have it actually print out/echo the command(s) your script will run, then you
can verify the command works on the console, then go from there.
I have a (rather complex) backup script using rsync, written in Perl (yeah, I
know I could have done what I did using shell or a cleaner setup - just Perl is
easier ;) I synchronize serveral directories to effectively mirror a partition
accross two data servers (/server, from server1 to server2). Here's my script
for what it may be worth:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use lib '/server/modules';
my $verbose = defined($ARGV[0]);
# pairs go: /server/{src/key} = /server/{dst/value}
# eg: 'profiles' => '' = /server/profiles (remote) to /server (local)
my %dirs = ( 'profiles'=>'',
'common'=>'',
'msword'=>'',
'qs9000'=>'',
'quattro'=>'',
'exe'=>'',
'users'=>'',
'netlogon'=>'' );
open(LOG,">/var/log/rsync_nightly.log") || die "Couldn't create log file!\n";
foreach my $src (keys %dirs) {
my $output = `/usr/local/bin/rsync -va --stats --delete
rsync://server2/server/$src /server/$dirs{$src}`;
print LOG $output;
print $output if ($verbose);
}
close(LOG);
exit;
--
Nathan Vidican
nvidican@wmptl.com
Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd.
http://www.wmptl.com/
Brandon Hinesley wrote:
> If it's not, then someone's inserting things into my /var/log/cron!
>
>
>>Here's some of /var/log/cron:
>>--------------------
>>Nov 3 09:00:00 server /usr/sbin/cron[56343]: (operator) CMD
>>(/usr/libexec/save-entropy) Nov 3 09:00:00 server /usr/sbin/cron[56344]:
>>(root) CMD (/usr/libexec/atrun) Nov 3 09:00:00 server
>>/usr/sbin/cron[56345]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/Backup/scripts/bkup-daily)
>
>
> Kidding...yes it's running:
> root@server# ps ax | grep cron
> 472 ?? Is 0:02.20 /usr/sbin/cron -s
> 57450 p0 R+ 0:00.00 grep cron
>
> Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Vidican [mailto:nvidican@wmptl.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:07 PM
> To: Brandon Hinesley
> Cc: questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Cron Job will not run.
>
> May be a really dumb question here, but like all technical problems, start
> with
> the simple stuff:
>
> ps ax | grep cron ????
>
> Is cron even running?
>
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