crond works but incrond doesn't

[thinkwell]

I'm confused. Totally.

I have a file that needs to be backed up every time it changes, so I set up an incrond job to rsyc the file to a remote server - SSH keys setup and all that. However, the file is never updated on the remote server after changes are made, even though the incrond event fires.

incrontab -e

/opt/sap/conf/sitelists/ IN_CLOSE_WRITE rsync --delete -avze 'ssh -p 2595' /opt/sap/conf/sitelists root(a)<server>:/var/flexshare/shares/sap_businesses/TowncoFuels

Event fires - /var/log/cron:

Nov  2 16:13:09 system incrond[23896]: (root) CMD (rsync --delete -avze 'ssh -p 2595' /opt/sap/conf/sitelists root(a)<server>:/var/flexshare/shares/sap_businesses/TowncoFuels)

But the file on the remote server is not updated with the new content. On a lark, I decided to try the same command in cron.

crontab -e

*/3 * * * * rsync --delete -avze 'ssh -p 2595' /opt/sap/conf/sitelists root(a)<server>:/var/flexshare/shares/sap_businesses/TowncoFuels

Crontab fires - /var/log/cron:

Nov  2 16:15:01 system crond[28036]: (root) CMD (rsync --delete -avze 'ssh -p 2595' /opt/sap/conf/sitelists root(a)<server>:/var/flexshare/shares/sap_businesses/TowncoFuels)

And VOILA, the remote server shows the new content. I'm baffled.

P.S. Excuse the (a) replacement for the AT sign. I haven't made my 15 posts yet.

[thinkwell]

Well, update here. If I put the rsync job in a shell script and call the script, things work. That's satisfactory enough; just puzzled why the ring-around-the-rosy with only the direct rsync command. Hope this helps someone...