On 19/09/16 12:31, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
The classic remedy would be to set the missing variables inside the cronjob script./root/uhuru_backup/uhuru.daily.shConsider to put some "echo" commands into the script and direct them to a log file: log_file=/tmp/uhuru_daily_sh.log ... echo "Currently at: ..." >>$log_file ... This should give you an idea what part of the script causes the premature end.
Thanks ThomasI confess, I've not originated scripts before and so am on a steep learning curve. Your suggestion was very useful but my implementation is poor. It did yield useful information though.
It didn't find the exclude_list I created. I modified the script to point to it but clearly the syntax is not right
# Good rsync options for uhuru_backups.
rsync_opts="-av --exclude-from=exclude_list --delete --delete-excluded"
# exclude list location:
exclude_list=/root/uhuru_backup/exclude_list
echo "Currently at line 17">>$log_file
The log reported thus:
/root/uhuru_backup/uhuru.daily.sh: line 17: $log_file: ambiguous redirect
rsync: failed to open exclude file exclude_list: No such file or
directory (2)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at exclude.c(1179) [client=3.1.1] Regards Clive -- Clive Menzies http://freecriticalthinking.org