On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 06:32:40PM -0500, Dan Nugent wrote: > I am trying to use rdiff-backup from cron on an Ubuntu 10.04 server. I have a > script with this > > > rdiff-backup /home/dan/data /media/sdb1/data > rdiff-backup /home/dan/data2 /media/sda1/data > > > crontab looks like this: > > * 21 * * * sh /home/dan/backupscript.sh >
Specify a value in the minute slot, e.g., 0 21 * * * sh /home/dan/backupscript.sh Otherwise your script will run every time cron is invoked during the hour of 9:00 PM. On a side note, I use lockf to prevent overlap on long running backups (sometimes our backups go into gigabytes over a network line, so it is possible for them to occasionally run for more than 24 hours). e.g., 0 3 * * * lockf -s -t 0 /var/run/rdiff-backup.lock /path/to/rdiff.sh Best, Chuck _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
