Donald D Henson wrote: > (OpenSuSE 10.3 with all updates to date) > > I'm trying to set up two cron jobs to run as 'root'. The jobs are to run > nightly rdiff-backup backups. So far, the jobs are not running or, at > least, my backup files are not updated. I used kcron to set up the jobs > and the crontab (see below) looks ok to me. I'm at a loss as to how to > proceed. Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated. Here's the > crontab: > > Earth-svr:~ # crontab -u root -l > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. > # (/root/.kde4/tmp-Earth-svr/kcronh31359.tmp installed on Sun Dec 16 > 16:12:33 2007) > # (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42 vixie > Exp $) > # This file was written by KCron. Copyright (c) 1999, Gary Meyer > # Although KCron supports most crontab formats, use care when editing. > # Note: Lines beginning with "#\" indicates a disabled task. > > # > 5 0 * * 1,2,3,4,5,6 rdiff-backup --exclude-filelist > /home/dhenson/exclude-list-Earth-svr / /media/Backup1
Better use the complete path to rdiff-backup in your crontab. -- Sandy List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
