[Rdiff-Backup] Running Rdiff-Backup from Cron

[Jason Piterak]

Dave,
  I've also found that changing the first line of the rdiff-backup script
from:

  #!/usr/bin/env python
  to
  #!/usr/bin/python (or wherever your python binary is...)

  ...clears up some problems.

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Jason Piterak
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rdiff-backup-admin@keywest.Stanford.EDU
> [mailto:rdiff-backup-admin@keywest.Stanford.EDU]On Behalf Of 
> Ben Escoto
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:30 PM
> To: Dave Poirier; rdiff-backup@keywest.Stanford.EDU
> Subject: Re: [Rdiff-Backup] Running Rdiff-Backup from Cron
> 
> 
> Dave Poirier wrote:
> > We are trying to run a back up job from Cron.  We get an 
> error, Rdiff 
> > shows defunct in Top and Python2 is still running.  The 
> error we get in 
> > the log is as follows.....
>      ...
> > Our entry in Crontab...
> > rdiff-backup -v5 root@parkrose.k12.or.us::/var/ 
> > /var/rdiff-backup/ms/mail/var/
> > 
> > Running the same command from the command line runs perfectly.
> > Anyone had any experience with this?
> 
> I don't know; I suppose if it works from the command line and 
> not from 
> cron there must be some difference between the two environments.  The 
> most common problem people seem to be having is that rdiff 
> falls out of 
> their PATH (cron's path is shorter) but I can't tell what the 
> problem is 
> here.  Do you have the rest of the error message?
> 
> 
> --
> Ben Escoto
> 
> 
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