Hi On Sun, 2015-07-12 at 13:02 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > This may be a FAQ, but it has me stumped. I try to do a weekly backup > with this, but nothing happens, and there is nothing in syslog: > > # crontab -l > 0 4 * * 0 /home/haines/scripts/backup > > I can run the script manually with # /home/haines/scripts/backup. > > Cron daemon is running: > > $ ps -ef | grep cron | grep -v grep > root 8972 1 0 12:37 ? 00:00:00 cron > >
"Nothing happens" ? odd. There _should_ be entries in /var/log/syslog from cron when it invokes jobs. And if it does, you should have mail in /var/mail/haines ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1436720833.19469.2.ca...@jorgensen.org.uk
