On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 16:23 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 2009-07-26 15:08, Kevin Ross wrote:
> >On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:48:15 -0500, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
> >wrote:
> >>On 2009-07-26 02:38, Siggy Brentrup wrote:
> [snip]
> >>>
> >>>Simply copy to a place that isn't
> >>>cleaned up upon boot. /tmp is intended for temporary storage, that's
> >>>why it's called /tmp.
> >>But who in ${DEITY}'s name puts crontab entries in /tmp???
> >>
> >
> >I can find no mention anywhere in this thread that says the OP put
> >crontab entries in /tmp. The only reference to /tmp I see is the
> >cp command
> >copying stuff into /tmp. Am I missing something?
>
> Why else would his crontab entries "disappear"? (I can think of
> some unflattering reasons, but we won't go there yet.)
Well I believe in code much more than in non-native wordings.
Just look at it, cut-n-pasted from the OP, slightly indented by me:
#crontab -e
30 23 * * * cp ~www/db_backup/cdr/cdrFromMSC* /tmp
Even in these 2 innocent lines I see >5 points I'd do differently
when assigned the job to backup some files every night at
23:30 local time.
It's obvious OP's backups disappear in the great void after reboot,
<cyn>replacing /tmp with /dev/null would yield the same result more
efficiently sparing a reboot.</cyn>.
btw: did you notice OP never showing up in this little subthread,
he seems to prefer personal support via private email.
bye
Siggy
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