[Techtalk] cron problem running a script

[Angelina Carlton]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 09:42:03PM +0200, Almut Behrens wrote:
 
> ...almost :)
> I think you've also got to specify the minute:  0 14 * * *  
> 

Well when it didnt work at * 14 * * * I then set it for 2 14 * * * and
waited 2 minutes for it to run and again it failed. 

As per some advice, I have added some echo statements:

#!/bin/sh                                                                       
echo -n "Starting at "                                                          
date +%D %T                                                                     
                                                                                
/usr/bin/rdiff-backup /home/aec/ /backup/armarda/home/aec/                  
                                                                                
echo -n "Ending at "                                                            
date +%D %T                                                                     
                                                                                
echo "The script ran successfully"|mail -s Success aec     

And now I get the final echo as an email, "The script ran
successfully"

So know I know cron is fine and the issue is with the difference
between running the rdiff-backup command from the command line versus cron.

-- 
Angelina Carlton