Hello Jack, Friday, December 27, 2002, 3:11:36 PM, you wrote: of people is going to get upset
>> > >> > usually this sort of error is due to differing environment or >> > permissions. If it's a user's crontab ($crontab -e) then you need to su >> > to that user and debug from there. If it's root's crontab (#vi >> > /etc/crontab) then make sure root can run it from command line. >> > >> > Another possibility is that the network is fine when you're debugging, >> > but congested by other traffic when your cron job runs. Try doing >> > something less sensitive to network issues, like rsync'ing to a temp >> > directory a couple of times, then tar'ing that temp directory to the >> > tape. >> > >> this is really starting to bug me, I tried the script below, runs from command line or clicking on icon, but when run as cron job (as root) , it copies 2.9Mb and stops. there are no errors in cron logs. AFIK it's not a network problem as no one else was using it. Unless I'm missing something obvious, it must be a bug with cron. I have tried the same with 2 different networks, with the same results. I'm using samba 2.2.6 on mdk9 with all the latest updates #!/bin/sh cp -rpuv /mnt/windows /mnt/hal -- Best regards, Colin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ 10:00pm up 9 days, 5:46, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.05, 0.04 I came to MIT to get an education for myself and a diploma for my mother. ..registered linux user #223862 .. _________________________________________________________________________
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