I cant get crontab to execute my rsync script....

Hi!

Im using CentOS 5 on my server and im trying to make a crontab job to backup my disk with rsync, but i wont run the script.

the script location is /root/rsync-shell.sh and looks like:
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#!/bin/bash
rsync -avru --progress --delete --exclude="/mnt/Backup" --exclude="/sys" --exclude="/dev" --exclude="/proc" / /mnt/Backup

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in my /etc/crontab i've put the line:

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=
HOME=/

# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

0 22 * * * /root/rsync-shell.sh

When i run the script in terminal it works fine but crontab wont execute it...

Anyone got an idea ?

BR /Jim

I'm no crontab expert but have had problems getting scripts to run properly via crontab as well. A "work-around" I've found that works in some cases is to run the script in a terminal.

Code:

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#!/bin/bash
xterm -e rsync -avru --progress --delete --exclude="/mnt/Backup" --exclude="/sys" --exclude="/dev" --exclude="/proc" / /mnt/Backup

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There's probably a better way to do it. Hopefully someone will come along with that information.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Theatre

Hi!

Im using CentOS 5 on my server and im trying
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in my /etc/crontab i've put the line:
......

# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

0 22 * * * /root/rsync-shell.sh

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Hi there Theatre

The problem is that user that runs cron command is missing.

So, change the line in /etc/crontab to read

Code:

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0 22 * * * root /root/rsync-shell.sh

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then restart cron service with:

Code:

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service crond restart

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and you will see it working ;-)

In /etc/crontab, you must specify user that crontab will run tasks with. While if you want to insert a specific cron job in the user spool, U can use "crontab -e ". In this environment you don't have to specify user because it will be scheduled with user the ran command "crontab -e". But in /etc/crontab syntax, the user that performs a scheduled job, is mandatory.

Regards,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Theatre

Hi!



in my /etc/crontab i've put the line:

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=
HOME=/

# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

0 22 * * * /root/rsync-shell.sh



Anyone got an idea ?

BR /Jim

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/etc/crontab file sintax is different ...
You miss the user name who run this script, the correct sintax is:
0 22 * * * root /root/rsync-shell.sh

Best regards,
Gyula