Re: [gentoo-user] Script to tar.tgz /etc, works run manually, broken when run from cron

[Tanstaafl]

On 3/31/2014 7:13 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:01:48 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
>> I have a script that simply performs some backups. The commands are
>> like this:
>>
>> # perform tar.tgz backup of /etc
>> tar -czpvf $BKUP_DIR_etc/$BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc.tgz /etc
>>
>> When I run this script manually, it does what it is supposed to, and
>> the resulting file is about 500K.
>>
>> When it runs from cron (roots crontab), it results in a 20 byte (empty)
>> file.
>
> You're running tar with -v so it should produce output no matter what it
> does. Is that mailed to you? What does it say?

I don't have these mailed to me, but like I said, it absolutely does 
produce output - the problem is, when run from cron, the resulting file 
is only 20 bytes (empty), when I run the exact same script manhually, it 
produces a file of about 500K that containes the contents of /etc..

On 3/31/2014 7:27 AM, Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
 > perhaps one of $BKUP_DIR_etc or $BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc
 > isn't know in that environment

They are - see above...