Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:10:39 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Strange periodic problem Message-ID: <4E78133D6588A3580F02D8D1@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK3B56i2xG%2BPeMmQvrRpiRG5EHiMhPE=OhJRmjZcVAXo8A@mail.gmail.com> References: <99E0408A95C01319659D7EFF@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <CA%2BtpaK3B56i2xG%2BPeMmQvrRpiRG5EHiMhPE=OhJRmjZcVAXo8A@mail.gmail.com>
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--On October 23, 2017 at 11:02:54 PM -0500 Adam Vande More=20 <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 9:51 PM, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> > 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. > > The periodic script is executable. ># ls -lsa /etc/periodic/daily/220.dbbackup > 2 -rwxr-xr-x=C2=A0 1 root=C2=A0 wheel=C2=A0 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 > > Periodic.conf enables the script. ># grep dbbackup /etc/periodic.conf > daily_dbbackup_enable=3D"YES" > > The script itself is executable. ># ls -lsa /usr/local/bin/dbbackup.sh > 2 -rwxr-xr-x=C2=A0 1 root=C2=A0 wheel=C2=A0 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? > > > > Does the cron log indicate entry ran? No. But that was a really good question, because now that I look at it=20 *none* of the periodic scripts are running. Strange. Paul Schmehl, Retired As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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