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Old 04-10-2009
A script doesnt work properly when crontab

Hi,

I have a script which does a tar and sends it to another server as backup.
Script is as below

# Locations to be backed up. Seperate by space
BACKUP_LOCATIONS=/repos/subversion

BACKUP_BASE_FOLDER=/bakpool
BACKUP_FILE_NAME_ROOT=svn-backup

START_TIME_DISP=`date`
START_TIME=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`
BACKUP_FILE=${BACKUP_BASE_FOLDER}/${BACKUP_FILE_NAME_ROOT}-${START_TIME}.tar

# Run the backup
/usr/bin/tar -cvf ${BACKUP_FILE} ${BACKUP_LOCATIONS}
#scp ${BACKUP_FILE} m1008366@57.5.198.208:/backup/svn/fops << PPASS
/usr/bin/scp ${BACKUP_FILE} m1008366@57.6.198.206:/backup/svn/fops << PPASS
intel2707
PPASS


When i run this scrip manually it gives back up of size 2862295040 however if i crontab it it just results in the size 38881280. my crontab settings are
1 11 * * 1-6 . /scripts/backup-script.sh
Please help....
Regards..
RG
 

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ATF-SH(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						 ATF-SH(1)

NAME
atf-sh [-s shell] -- interpreter for shell-based test programs SYNOPSIS
atf-sh script DESCRIPTION
atf-sh is an interpreter that runs the test program given in script after loading the atf-sh(3) library. atf-sh is not a real interpreter though: it is just a wrapper around the system-wide shell defined by ATF_SHELL. atf-sh executes the inter- preter, loads the atf-sh(3) library and then runs the script. You must consider atf-sh to be a POSIX shell by default and thus should not use any non-standard extensions. The following options are available: -s shell Specifies the shell to use instead of the value provided by ATF_SHELL. ENVIRONMENT
ATF_LIBEXECDIR Overrides the builtin directory where atf-sh is located. Should not be overridden other than for testing purposes. ATF_PKGDATADIR Overrides the builtin directory where libatf-sh.subr is located. Should not be overridden other than for testing purposes. ATF_SHELL Path to the system shell to be used in the generated scripts. Scripts must not rely on this variable being set to select a specific interpreter. EXAMPLES
Scripts using atf-sh(3) should start with: #! /usr/bin/env atf-sh Alternatively, if you want to explicitly choose a shell interpreter, you cannot rely on env(1) to find atf-sh. Instead, you have to hardcode the path to atf-sh in the script and then use the -s option afterwards as a single parameter: #! /path/to/bin/atf-sh -s/bin/bash ENVIRONMENT
ATF_SHELL Path to the system shell to be used in the generated scripts. SEE ALSO
atf-sh(3) BSD
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