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Re: backup script and python



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Henrique G. Abreu wrote:
> runing on cron, I can't see any error message. All I got is the log I
> generate on the script:
>> BEGINNING DAILY BACKUP ZENOSS
>> BACKUP ZENOSS WITH TROUBLE - ERROR!
> 
> the entry in my cron is:
> 35 13 * * * root /usr/local/zenoss/scripts/backup_zenoss.sh
> I change hour and minute every test, to few minutes ahead so I can
> test the script
> it's calling the script ok, because it generates the log above.
> 
> environment variables? I think could be it, because when I run it on
> hand, it works.
> how do I load env vars to the script started by cron?
> 
> thanks
> 

Hi, you may try to put your environment variables, e.g. PATH, in the
crontab. There is an example in the man page:

man 5 crontab

HTH

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Cheers,

Wei Chen
http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
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