Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:22:06 -0400 From: zep <zgreenfelder@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange periodic problem Message-ID: <37900d35-8059-d0af-f392-a44042c5f4f9@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <99E0408A95C01319659D7EFF@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <99E0408A95C01319659D7EFF@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 10/23/2017 10:51 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > I wrote a script to do database backups. It worked well, so I copied > it to another server. I had to alter it, because the db was too big to > send through email, so it creates the backup, removes the previous > days and then sends email to me notifying me that it ran. Except, it > doesn't work. > > And I have no idea why. what does your /etc/crontab file look like? how does it compare between the two machines? > > The periodic script is executable. > # ls -lsa /etc/periodic/daily/220.dbbackup > 2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 37 Oct 19 12:31 > /etc/periodic/daily/220.dbbackup > > The script calls sh to run the actual script. > # cat /etc/periodic/daily/220.dbbackup > #!/bin/sh > /usr/local/bin/dbbackup.sh > do you get anything more useful if you change the line to sh -x to call the .sh file? is it possible there are some weird control characters in any of those files? e.g. do they still look the same if you cat -v them? > Periodic.conf enables the script. > # grep dbbackup /etc/periodic.conf > daily_dbbackup_enable="YES" > > The script itself is executable. > # ls -lsa /usr/local/bin/dbbackup.sh > 2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 446 Oct 11 23:40 /usr/local/bin/dbbackup.sh > > The script runs manually, and I get the email. > # /usr/local/bin/dbbackup.sh > rm: /usr/home/pauls/102217.alldb.sql: No such file or directory > > (The previous backup doesn't exist, because the script isn't running > daily.) > > What have I missed? > > Paul Schmehl, Retired > > what version of freebsd did it first run on? what's the version of the new machine (or more importantly, are they at the same versions?)
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?37900d35-8059-d0af-f392-a44042c5f4f9>