"W.Kenworthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> > Roger Mason wrote:
>> >> I have passwordless ssh between mymachine and backup_machine and the
>> >> rsync command in the crontab runs perfectly from the command line.
>> >>
>> >> Does someone know what else needs to be done to get this (seemingly
>> >> simple!) task to work?

>> Yes, I think that is the problem.  I'm going to try the technique
>> described here:
>> 
>> http://arctic.org/~dean/rdiff-backup/unattended.html
>> 
>
> Keep in mind that cron runs with a very limited environment for safety
> reasons.  You have to manually set most env variables and the like.

Yes.  I finally have it working using the technique described in the
above URL.  

Thanks to all who responded.

Roger
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