"W.Kenworthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Roger Mason wrote: >> >> I have passwordless ssh between mymachine and backup_machine and the >> >> rsync command in the crontab runs perfectly from the command line. >> >> >> >> Does someone know what else needs to be done to get this (seemingly >> >> simple!) task to work?
>> Yes, I think that is the problem. I'm going to try the technique >> described here: >> >> http://arctic.org/~dean/rdiff-backup/unattended.html >> > > Keep in mind that cron runs with a very limited environment for safety > reasons. You have to manually set most env variables and the like. Yes. I finally have it working using the technique described in the above URL. Thanks to all who responded. Roger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list