From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from spaceymail-a6.g.dreamhost.com (lax-green-bigip-5.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 636931097C for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2008 20:34:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from tdsportable (97-118-25-167.hlrn.qwest.net [97.118.25.167]) by spaceymail-a6.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B5DFCA7F9 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:36:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: From: "Tyler Littlefield" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <997FD392DD914C4985EC173F49BFC29E@tdsportable><879ED343CB4F40F886B951480AB68CEF@tdsportable> <97D2198646D94C718C59C8E0A60D8C58@bouncy> Subject: Re: backup apparently not working Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 18:36:22 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:34:26 -0000 I am not running it from crontab. i'ts running from the command line. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield email: tyler@tysdomain.com web: tysdomain-com Visit for quality software and web design. skype: st8amnd2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Hoath" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 6:11 PM Subject: Re: backup apparently not working > Exactly what I said. > Just because you execute a script from crontab does not mean it has all > environment variables set inside the script. > > Your script is relying on the fact that the HOME environment variable is > set, which i'm sure it is when you run the script from the command-line, > however it might not be the case when the script is run from cron. > > What user is running the crontab and what value do you expect HOME to be? > Also is the script running under /bin/bash and is the backquote expantion > actually working? > Modify your crontab so it echos your command into a temporary file so the > command that is executed is what you think it is. > Regards, Kerry. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tyler Littlefield" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 8:33 AM > Subject: Re: backup apparently not working > > >> what do you mean is it set in the crontab? I just execute that script >> from crontab. it's the script that's not working. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Tyler Littlefield >> email: tyler@tysdomain.com >> web: tysdomain-com >> Visit for quality software and web design. >> skype: st8amnd2005 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kerry Hoath" >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> >> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 4:32 PM >> Subject: Re: backup apparently not working >> >> >>> Is HOME set correctly in the crontab? >>> >>> Regards, Kerry. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tyler Littlefield" >>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >>> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 7:52 AM >>> Subject: backup apparently not working >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> First. I've partially figured out the problem. >>>> It's throwing a fit about removing leading slash. >>>> second, I've got the following line in a script: >>>> tar -czvf ~/backups/valiant/`date '+%m-%d-%Y_%H'`.tar.gz >>>> ~/valiant/moo/db.db >>>> when I ran that from the command line, it worked. when I tried to run >>>> it from a script, it "cowardly refused to create an empty archive," and >>>> then decided to try to run every file in my directory, it looks like. >>>> Ideas? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Tyler Littlefield >>>> email: tyler@tysdomain.com >>>> web: tysdomain-com >>>> Visit for quality software and web design. >>>> skype: st8amnd2005 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup