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From: pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com>
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Subject: echo does not display from bash script
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 20:13:04 +0100
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This is script. None of the echo lines display(?).

#!/bin/bash

LOGFILE="$HOME/myth_backup.log"
TARGET="/media/alan/e06b3828-2ec7-493a-bfbc-dcdd04ac2fed"

echo "Backup started at $(date)" >> "$LOGFILE"

# Run MythTV backup
#
echo "Running mythconverg_backup.pl..." >> "$LOGFILE" 
/home/mythtv/mythconverg_backup.pl >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 || \
echo "WARNING: mythconverg_backup.pl failed" >> "$LOGFILE"

# Rsync backup
echo "Starting rsync..." >> "$LOGFILE"

if mountpoint -q "$TARGET"; then
    if rsync -avh --delete /home/mythtv/ "$TARGET"/ >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1; then
        echo "Backup completed successfully at $(date)" >> "$LOGFILE"
    else
        echo "ERROR: rsync failed at $(date)" >> "$LOGFILE"
    fi
else
    echo "ERROR: Backup target not mounted, skipping rsync" >> "$LOGFILE"
fi

TIA Alan

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