Re: Cron not working

2015-07-20 Thread David Wright
Quoting Haines Brown (hai...@histomat.net): > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 10:25:38PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > Quoting Haines Brown (hai...@histomat.net): > > > > > But I did enable a cron log, which for some reason was disabled on my > > > system. I'll have to wait a week to see what that log ha

Re: Cron not working

2015-07-20 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 10:25:38PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Haines Brown (hai...@histomat.net): > > > But I did enable a cron log, which for some reason was disabled on my > > system. I'll have to wait a week to see what that log has to say. I > > don't know how to set its level, or if

Re: Cron not working

2015-07-19 Thread David Wright
Quoting Haines Brown (hai...@histomat.net): > But I did enable a cron log, which for some reason was disabled on my > system. I'll have to wait a week to see what that log has to say. I > don't know how to set its level, or if enabling the cron log captures > all message from the cron daemon. Wel

Re: Cron not working

2015-07-12 Thread David Wright
Quoting Haines Brown (hai...@histomat.net): > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 06:33:40PM +, Dan Purgert wrote: > > Perhaps "environment variable" was the wrong phrase. I've run into > > issues with cron jobs if I don't have it calling #!/bin/bash at the top > > (or #!/bin/[whatever]) ... running fro

Re: Cron not working

2015-07-12 Thread Sven Hartge
Haines Brown wrote: > This may be a FAQ, but it has me stumped. I try to do a weekly backup > with this, but nothing happens, and there is nothing in syslog: > # crontab -l > 0 4 * * 0 /home/haines/scripts/backup Is this the only line in that crontab? The default Vixie-cron has the oddity

Re: Cron not working

2015-07-12 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 06:33:40PM +, Dan Purgert wrote: > Perhaps "environment variable" was the wrong phrase. I've run into > issues with cron jobs if I don't have it calling #!/bin/bash at the top > (or #!/bin/[whatever]) ... running from a local terminal doesn't catch it > because "sh s

Re: Cron not working

2015-07-12 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 01:37:12PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Dan Purgert wrote: > It could also be as simple as a permissions issue. > > If your syslog isn't showing anything, you might want to push up > your logging level. Thanks Miles. I don't know how permissions might come in because the

Re: Cron not working

2015-07-12 Thread Dan Purgert
On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 14:22:22 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 05:11:21PM +, Dan Purgert wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 13:02:43 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: >> >> > This may be a FAQ, but it has me stumped. I try to do a weekly backup >> > with this, but nothing happens, and

Re: Cron not working

2015-07-12 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 05:11:21PM +, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 13:02:43 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > > > This may be a FAQ, but it has me stumped. I try to do a weekly backup > > with this, but nothing happens, and there is nothing in syslog: > > > > # crontab -l 0 4 * * 0 /

Re: Cron not working

2015-07-12 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
Hi On Sun, 2015-07-12 at 13:02 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > This may be a FAQ, but it has me stumped. I try to do a weekly backup > with this, but nothing happens, and there is nothing in syslog: > > # crontab -l > 0 4 * * 0 /home/haines/scripts/backup > > I can run the script manually with

Re: Cron not working

2015-07-12 Thread Miles Fidelman
Dan Purgert wrote: On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 13:02:43 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: This may be a FAQ, but it has me stumped. I try to do a weekly backup with this, but nothing happens, and there is nothing in syslog: # crontab -l 0 4 * * 0 /home/haines/scripts/backup I can run the script manually

Re: Cron not working

2015-07-12 Thread Dan Purgert
On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 13:02:43 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > This may be a FAQ, but it has me stumped. I try to do a weekly backup > with this, but nothing happens, and there is nothing in syslog: > > # crontab -l 0 4 * * 0 /home/haines/scripts/backup > > I can run the script manually with # /hom

Cron not working

2015-07-12 Thread Haines Brown
This may be a FAQ, but it has me stumped. I try to do a weekly backup with this, but nothing happens, and there is nothing in syslog: # crontab -l 0 4 * * 0 /home/haines/scripts/backup I can run the script manually with # /home/haines/scripts/backup. Cron daemon is running: $ ps -ef | gr

Re: Cron Not Working On Etch

2008-09-03 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Friday 29 August 2008, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Friday 29 August 2008, Mumia W.. wrote: > > On 08/29/2008 11:29 AM, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > I recently had a system drive crash on a Sarge system, so when I > > > put in a new drive, I installed Etch (also figuring that will > > > make upgrading to

Re: Cron Not Working On Etch

2008-08-29 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Friday 29 August 2008, Mumia W.. wrote: > On 08/29/2008 11:29 AM, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I recently had a system drive crash on a Sarge system, so when I > > put in a new drive, I installed Etch (also figuring that will make > > upgrading to Lenny easier). Everything seems to have gone well, >

Re: Cron Not Working On Etch

2008-08-29 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/29/2008 11:29 AM, Hal Vaughan wrote: I recently had a system drive crash on a Sarge system, so when I put in a new drive, I installed Etch (also figuring that will make upgrading to Lenny easier). Everything seems to have gone well, except for one point: Cron is not behaving well. [...]

Cron Not Working On Etch

2008-08-29 Thread Hal Vaughan
I recently had a system drive crash on a Sarge system, so when I put in a new drive, I installed Etch (also figuring that will make upgrading to Lenny easier). Everything seems to have gone well, except for one point: Cron is not behaving well. After installing my packages and getting everythi

Re: redirecting output to /dev/null on cron not working!

2003-01-28 Thread nate
louie miranda said: > I have a script that is on a cron basis, It runs every hour. > I have read a document that if you dont want any output. > You can add >/dev/null 1>&2 to redirect it to /dev/null > But i still received email about those output, is this syntax > im trying to add on my cron for d

Re: redirecting output to /dev/null on cron not working!

2003-01-27 Thread louie miranda
Ah yeah, thanks! -- thanks, louie miranda - Original Message - From: "Travis Crump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:01 PM Subject: Re: redirecting output to /dev/null on cron not working

Re: redirecting output to /dev/null on cron not working!

2003-01-27 Thread Travis Crump
louie miranda wrote: I have a script that is on a cron basis, It runs every hour. I have read a document that if you dont want any output. You can add >/dev/null 1>&2 to redirect it to /dev/null But i still received email about those output, is this syntax im trying to add on my cron for debian co

redirecting output to /dev/null on cron not working!

2003-01-27 Thread louie miranda
I have a script that is on a cron basis, It runs every hour. I have read a document that if you dont want any output. You can add >/dev/null 1>&2 to redirect it to /dev/null But i still received email about those output, is this syntax im trying to add on my cron for debian correct? /scripts/cron_

RE: Log Rotate on Debian via Cron Not working!

2001-03-02 Thread Martin Marconcini
;) A try I will Give it. (Yoda) -Original Message- From: Jonathan Gift [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 12:19 PM To: Martin Marconcini Cc: Debian Subject: Re: Log Rotate on Debian via Cron Not working! Martin Marconcini wrote: > Andreas, Yes, my computer is runn

Re: Log Rotate on Debian via Cron Not working!

2001-03-02 Thread Jonathan Gift
Martin Marconcini wrote: > Andreas, Yes, my computer is running 24 hs... But in case it's now i will > check anacron. BTW: how is it configured? BTW, none of my cron items were running and I had it on my list of things to look at later. I read the earlier post and loaded anacron and BANG it starte

RE: Log Rotate on Debian via Cron Not working!

2001-03-02 Thread Martin Marconcini
te on Debian via Cron Not working! On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 07:30:03PM -0300, Martin Marconcini wrote: > Hi, I have indicated syslog to log kernel msgs onto /var/log/kernel > > Now Since i use ipmasq with some loggin the file will is growing fast... 2mb > per day. > > I'd

Re: Log Rotate on Debian via Cron Not working!

2001-03-01 Thread Andreas Hetzmannseder
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 07:30:03PM -0300, Martin Marconcini wrote: > Hi, I have indicated syslog to log kernel msgs onto /var/log/kernel > > Now Since i use ipmasq with some loggin the file will is growing fast... 2mb > per day. > > I'd like to set a cron job that keeps a couple of days back logs

Log Rotate on Debian via Cron Not working!

2001-03-01 Thread Martin Marconcini
Hi, I have indicated syslog to log kernel msgs onto /var/log/kernel Now Since i use ipmasq with some loggin the file will is growing fast... 2mb per day. I'd like to set a cron job that keeps a couple of days back logs and starts a new each day. How is cron setted up on Debian? Could not make it