> From: "madhvi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: cron
>
> Hello
>
> I have tried automating the backup of my files by scheduling the execution of
>scripts ( I am using rcp to copy the files onto another fileserver).
>
> The problem encountered is :-
>
> I log in as root and issued the crontab -e command. Added the following lines
> 10 16 * * 3 5 /scripts/backup/twiceweekly.sh
> 10 16 * * 4 /scripts/backup/weekly.sh
> 50 15 30 * * /scripts/backup/monthly.sh
>
> These files are not being exexcuted.
Well, the first line looks wrong. You have an extra field, so the system
will try to execute a command called "5" and I'm not sure what it will
then do with the path to the actual command. You might have gotten
an e-mailed error message sent to root -- I don't recall where various
crontab entry format errors appear..
Was the first entry supposed to have a comma instead of the space between
the "3" and the "5"? It would then be a valid crontab entry, running on
Wednesdays and Fridays: "10 16 * * 3,5 /scriptsbackup/twiceweekly.sh".
Note that the "monthly" command won't be run in February, as your script
stands. So far as I know, you'd need three entries to have the script
run on the last day of each month; of course it's *easy* to make it run
on the FIRST day of each month. :-) Otherwise you'd need something like:
----
50 15 28 2 * /scripts/backup/monthly.sh
50 15 30 4,6,9,11 * /scripts/backup/monthly.sh
50 15 31 1,3,5,7,8,10,12 * /scripts/backup/monthly.sh
----
which works except for doing February backup a day early on leap years.
> Using crontab -e, I added the following line for testing purposes on a Thursday and
> 50 14 * * 4 /scripts/backup/twiceweekly.sh
> Cron is reloaded thereafter and the script is executed. However the other scheduled
>scripts are not executed.
> No error messages are seen in /var/log/cron as well.
>
> Grateful if someone could help me with this problem.
>
> Regards
> madhvi
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