Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 16:59:37 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Peter Brezny <peter@sysadmin-inc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Simple problem running scripts from cron Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0105011658240.8905-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <MFEFLELMIJGKDKPCJHAFKEFGCBAA.peter@sysadmin-inc.com>
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On Tue, 1 May 2001, Peter Brezny wrote: > I use a file very similar to the one below to compress backup files on a > monthly basis. > > When i run the script from the console it works fine, however, when cron > tries to run it, this error appears in the logs. > > /usr/bin/tar: can't exec bzip2 : No such file or directory > > Why does it work from the console, but not when cron tries to run it? > > Am i just missing a path statement to /usr/local/bin/bzip2 ? Sounds very much like it. > And would that syntax be: > > PATH=/usr/local/bin/ Better, perhaps, to include a full path (although in this case it doesn't look like it'll need it)... > #!/bin/sh PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin export PATH > (nice /usr/bin/tar cvflj /home/test.bz2 > /home/peter/aaa)>/home/peter/test.bzip.log 2>&1 That ought to do it. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287163 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk Strive to live every day as though it was last Wednesday. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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