sorry. not sure if i was specific enough from the first letter. it's supposed to run from cron, but as it's not even running from command, I haven't tried. :) Thanks, Tyler Littlefield email: tyler at tysdomain.com web: tysdomain-com Visit for quality software and web design. skype: st8amnd2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 6:36 PM Subject: Re: backup apparently not working >I am not running it from crontab. i'ts running from the command line. > > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield > email: tyler at tysdomain.com > web: tysdomain-com > Visit for quality software and web design. > skype: st8amnd2005 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry at gotss.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 6:11 PM > Subject: Re: backup apparently not working > > >> Exactly what I said. >> Just because you execute a script from crontab does not mean it has all >> environment variables set inside the script. >> >> Your script is relying on the fact that the HOME environment variable is >> set, which i'm sure it is when you run the script from the command-line, >> however it might not be the case when the script is run from cron. >> >> What user is running the crontab and what value do you expect HOME to be? >> Also is the script running under /bin/bash and is the backquote expantion >> actually working? >> Modify your crontab so it echos your command into a temporary file so the >> command that is executed is what you think it is. >> Regards, Kerry. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler at tysdomain.com> >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 8:33 AM >> Subject: Re: backup apparently not working >> >> >>> what do you mean is it set in the crontab? I just execute that script >>> from crontab. it's the script that's not working. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Tyler Littlefield >>> email: tyler at tysdomain.com >>> web: tysdomain-com >>> Visit for quality software and web design. >>> skype: st8amnd2005 >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry at gotss.net> >>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >>> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 4:32 PM >>> Subject: Re: backup apparently not working >>> >>> >>>> Is HOME set correctly in the crontab? >>>> >>>> Regards, Kerry. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler at tysdomain.com> >>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >>>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >>>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 7:52 AM >>>> Subject: backup apparently not working >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> First. I've partially figured out the problem. >>>>> It's throwing a fit about removing leading slash. >>>>> second, I've got the following line in a script: >>>>> tar -czvf ~/backups/valiant/`date '+%m-%d-%Y_%H'`.tar.gz >>>>> ~/valiant/moo/db.db >>>>> when I ran that from the command line, it worked. when I tried to run >>>>> it from a script, it "cowardly refused to create an empty archive," >>>>> and then decided to try to run every file in my directory, it looks >>>>> like. >>>>> Ideas? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Tyler Littlefield >>>>> email: tyler at tysdomain.com >>>>> web: tysdomain-com >>>>> Visit for quality software and web design. >>>>> skype: st8amnd2005 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Speakup mailing list >>>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
