Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 12:19:53 -0700 From: snowick@learn2.com To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cron woes -fixed! Message-ID: <B53DB2E9.144C%snowick@learn2.com> In-Reply-To: <B53DA8D7.144B%snowick@learn2.com>
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Hmm, the one thing I didn't try! I had to use full paths for both command (rsync) AND ssh (option to rsync). Hmmm, anyone know why? Anyway, it works now and I am elated.... > From: snowick@learn2.com > Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 11:36:56 -0700 > To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: cron woes - please help! > > Hi everyone- > I've read everything I can on setting cron jobs and tried a few myself but > I'm getting a lot of errors and really need a few of these crons to work. I > don't see anything in the Handbook about cron paths & variables which seem > to be part of the problem. > > Running FreeBSD3.4, I have an id whose cron job has it run an rsync of files > on another server. When I run the command as a command line, it works > beautifully (I have the ssh-password thing worked out, that's not the > problem). The error I keep getting seems to be regarding the id's paths - I > get rsync: command not found errors (it's in /usr/local/bin) but when I look > at the crontab error email there are a bunch of X-Cron-Env settings that > don't match the ids ENV setting (see below - especially PATH=) Does anyone > know how I modify the X-Cron-Env? Or even what/why it is? > > I changed the command to /usr/local/bin/rsync but then I get the same error > for ssh (also in /usr/local/bin). How do I add /usr/local/bin to cron's > paths? > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 11:15:00 -0700 (PDT) > Message-Id: <200005091815.LAA18763@www2.serverB.com> > From: root (Cron Daemon) > To: learn2 > Subject: Cron <myid@www2> rsync -av -e ssh --exclude 'cgi-bin' > serverA.com:/hom > e/learn2/htdocs /usr/local/share/apache >> ~/sync.log 2>&1 > X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> > X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/learn2> > X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin> > X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=learn2> > X-Cron-Env: <USER=learn2> > > rsync: not found > > Any ideas? Thanks- > rrrrrobot > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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