Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 08:12:18 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Jos Chrispijn <kernel@webrz.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Startup from script Message-ID: <20411.33442.423721.174389@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <4FBB7D72.9090507@webrz.net> References: <4FBB7D72.9090507@webrz.net>
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Jos Chrispijn writes: > The content of this script (amongst others) is: > rsync -avpog /etc /backup/$DATE/ > > Funny thing now is that in the output of the script, the following appears: > /root/cronjobs/do_daily.run: rsync: not found > > file credentials of the script itself: > -rwx------ 1 root wheel 246 Jun 20 2010 do_daily.run 1) rsync is a port. 2) by default, ports install executables to /usr/local/bin 3) by default, "do_daily_run" will inherit its environment - including PATH - from crontab(5) (system or per-user). 4) by default, the crontab PATH does not include /usr/local/bin. (There is a reason for this.) Recommended solution: provide the full path to rsync. Robert Huff
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