On Monday 12 November 2001 20:59 pm, bascule wrote: > i have a little script that i run every now and then as follows: > > #!/bin/bash > #this runs rsync to update the local copy of cooker > rsync -avL --delete --delete-after > fr2.rpmfind.net::linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/ > /mandrake/cooker/ > /dev/null 2> /dev/null > #this updates urpmi database > urpmi.update "localcooker" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null > > the problem is that the last line works fine if pasted into a > console, and the first line clearly works since i can see both the > name of the script and rsync listed in ksysguard, however, urpmi > never runs when running the script, i'm probably going to kick > myself when i find out what i'm missing but i just can't work out > what's wrong since the same urpmi line does work when run manually > > help gratefully received :-) > > bascule > > p.s. anyone wishing to confirm whether i need both --delete options > to only delete old files 'after' syncing them-please feel free, the > man pages for rsync weren't clear on this point
- Have you tried exec?, I haven't used it with urpmi but sometimes it seems to make commands in a script work Regards pete
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