Re: Crontab doesn't complete a script

From	Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Crontab doesn't complete a script
Date	2016-09-20 01:10 +0200
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Hi Thomas

The absolute path was the answer.

Your explanation has added to my limited knowledge :-)

Thanks

Clive

On 19/09/16 23:04, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Clive Menzies wrote:
>>      rsync_opts="-av --exclude-from=exclude_list --delete --delete-excluded"
>>          exclude_list=/root/uhuru_backup/exclude_list
>> rsync: failed to open exclude file exclude_list: No such file or directory (2)
> The decisive difference between dialog and cron could be the
> current working directory.
>
> Try with an absolute path as parameter to --exclude-from= :
>
>    rsync_opts="-av --exclude-from=/root/uhuru_backup/exclude_list --delete --delete-excluded"
>
> Or if you want to use the variable exclude_list, set it first.
> Then evaluate it by $exclude_list in the definition of variable rsync_opts:
>
>    exclude_list=/root/uhuru_backup/exclude_list
>    rsync_opts="-av --exclude-from=$exclude_list --delete --delete-excluded"
>
> This should yield the same rsync_opts content as above line.
>
>
>> echo "Currently at line 17">>$log_file
>> /root/uhuru_backup/uhuru.daily.sh: line 17: $log_file: ambiguous redirect
> Hm. To what value did you set the variable log_file ?
>
> If i set it to "/tmp/log_file", then the echo works in dash and bash.
> (We have to expect that cron uses the shell dash, whereas the dialog
>   shell is probably bash.)
>   
> If i set it to empty text, then dash complains
>    dash: 2: Syntax error: newline unexpected
> bash says
>    -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
>
> A blank would do it in bash but not in dash:
>
>    $ log_file="/tmp/log file"
>    $ echo "Currently at line 17">>$log_file
>    -bash: $log_file: ambiguous redirect
>
> dash is brutal enough to really create a file "/tmp/log file".
>
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> Thomas
>

-- 
Clive Menzies
http://freecriticalthinking.org

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  Re: Longstanding rsync script no longer excludes Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2016-09-17 14:30 +0200
  Re: Longstanding rsync script no longer excludes - SOLVED Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> - 2016-09-17 18:20 +0200
    Crontab doesn't complete a script - was Re: Longstanding rsync script  no longer excludes Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> - 2016-09-19 13:20 +0200
      Re: Crontab doesn't complete a script "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-09-19 13:40 +0200
        Re: Crontab doesn't complete a script Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> - 2016-09-19 23:20 +0200
          Re: Crontab doesn't complete a script - SOLVED Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> - 2016-09-20 00:00 +0200
          Re: Crontab doesn't complete a script "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-09-20 00:10 +0200
            Re: Crontab doesn't complete a script Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> - 2016-09-20 01:10 +0200

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