Steve Holdoway wrote:
[...]or set a workable $PATH up for the duration of the script.
Steve
It might be enough to source /etc/profile:
. /etc/profile
Happy Hacking,
Robert J. C. Himmelmann
thanks for the replies, they got me thinking about $PATH so I did a bit
more digging and low and behold I had the following line in my script:
"unset PATH # suggestion from H. Milz: avoid accidental use of $PATH"
I commented out the "unset PATH" and the date output printed in my
logfile f
Don't forget ( to expand on Volkers note ) that if you're running from cron,
then you have no environment set up. You either need to explicitly define every
program by absolute path ( which is what I do - but it's only a matter of
style... arguably more secure? ), or set a workable $PATH up for
> That script should work though.
> echo "Daily Backup Successful: $(/usr/bin/date)"
Ah yes, because date by itself is an executable program.
The variable definitions at the start suggested the intention was to use
$($DATE).
The fact that date didn't run means "date" found, which in turn means
th
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
bash names are case-sensitive.
Volker
That script should work though. Maybe it is a good idea to try the full
path i.e.:
echo "Daily Backup Successful: $(/usr/bin/date)" >>
/home/dave/.daves_backup.log
Otherwise I see no reason why it does not run.
Happy Hacking,
R
try the line:
echo Daily Backup Successful: `date` >> /home/dave/.daves_backup.log
the ` (back-ticks) not ' (single quotes) are very important, I have
several scripts that use this kind of output and they work fine when
using a line like the one above
HTH
Jamie
Dave G wrote:
Hi all
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bash names are case-sensitive.
Volker
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Hi all
I'm trying to print the completion of a simple RSYNC backup script to a
log file
eg. "Daily Backup Successful: Sun Feb 5 09:03:00 NZDT 2006"
The following line works of OK if I execute it manually or if I run it
as a seperate script with: "/usr/local/sbin/daily_snapshot_log"
but in
