Hi Javier Thanks a bunch for your help.
>man is your friend. man 5 crontab says: > >"...cron(8) will look at MAILTO if it has any reason to send mail as a >result >of running commands in ``this'' crontab. If MAILTO is defined (and >non-empty), >mail is sent to the user so named. If MAILTO is defined but empty >(MAILTO=""), >no mail will be sent. Otherwise mail is sent to the owner of the crontab." > >So, all you need to do is to set the MAILTO variable in your crontab. Actually, i noticed that too when went throught the man pages. I guess i didn't ask my question very clearly. I was wondering if i could have a mail sent to another email address inaddition to the one specified in the MAILTO field. For example, have the output of the virus scan sent to an email different than root. If this is not possible, is it possible to set up a forwarding email so that all email that gets sent to root also gets sent to some trusted third party email address? >Hmm... I think that the first three lines in your crontab should be just >one >(or did mutt mangle the single long line?). This is what the whole /etc/crontab file looks like: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly 0-59/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg 00 2 * * sun sweep /www/servers/skylight.ubc.ca/media/ /www/servers/skylight.ubc.ca/profsTalk > /www/logs/skylight.ubc.ca/virusLog/log 00 1 * * sun /root/scripts/backup.sh This is what the backup.sh file looks like now and it work great :) Thanks a bunch for the tips and pointers: # # Back up shell script # #!/bin/bash currDateCommand="date +%B%d,%Y" currDate=`$currDateCommand` echo $currDate mkdir /data/backup/$currDate # Backup the web server files #tar cfv www.tar /data/www #gzip www.tar #mv www.tar.gz /data/backup/$currDate/ cd /data/www tar cvzf /data/backup/$currDate/www.tar.gz . # Backup the database mysqldump --all-databases -udlee -psomepassword > /data/backup/$currDate/all_databases.sql > > > > # Backup the database > > mysqldump --all-databases -udlee -psomepassword > >/data/backups/$currDate/ > >Missing a filename for the mysql backup? Thanks > > > Also, I think i have to be root to run the above commands, should this >be a > > problem, or does the crontab run the backup.sh script as root? > >Not a problem if you place the script in root's crontab. That's great :) Just a couple more questions: The documentation (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/cron-task.html) says the following: "To start the cron service, use the command /sbin/service crond start. To stop the service, use the command /sbin/service crond stop. It is recommended that you start the service at boot time. Refer to Chapter 8 for details on starting the cron service automatically at boot time." But in chapter 8 i couldn't really understand what they were talking about. They said something along the lines of run levels. So, to get the cron tab to run at book i should be interested in the level 6 run level because that relates to stuff when the box gets rebooted. Am i supppose to add a file then to the /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/ diretory or am i suppose to edit a file there? I thought that to automate a process at start up you add an entry to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. So, would it be sufficient to just add the following to my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file: /sbin/service crond start Also, do i have to shut down the crontab on reboot aswell? If so, where do i do this? Oh, and totally unrelated question, can someone tell me what i have to do to get my floppy, zipdisk and rom drives mounted at boot time? Right now if i get the following in the mnt/ dir ls /mnt/ cdrom floppy test So does this mean that my rom an floppy are already mounted? Oh and what's test? Thansk a bunch Desmond _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
