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Old 11-18-2014
CRON JOB not running - for tape backup from root user
I am trying a cron on root user to backup to tape using TAR command

here is the cron entry

Code:
11 08 * * 6 /erdhot1cron 2>&1 >> /test3/scripts/dba/erdhot1cron.log



here is script inside - edhot1cron
Code:
#!/bin/bash
vsysdt=`date +%d%m%y`
date
tar -cvf /dev/st0 backup1/spbl_backup/spblora_backup/*.* backup1/spbt_backup/spbtora_backup/*.* backup1/spbm_backup/spbmora_
backup/*.*
date

here is the cron log i have,
"
Code:
Sat Nov 15 08:11:01 IST 2014
Sat Nov 15 08:11:11 IST 2014

"

date command is alone running on cron and tar is not executing- am i not mentioning the correct path or env variable for tar

here is what i see in /bin with ls cmd ( only some files, i have copied here )

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 May 25 2002 sh -> bash
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 May 25 2002 gtar -> tar

do i need to add some path variable for cron to execute tar ... please advise

thanks,
Vijayaraghavan.K
# 2  
Old 11-18-2014
What cron log are you mentionning?, looks like your /test3/scripts/dba/erdhot1cron.log
havent you looked in the cron original log?
Q: Where do you expect cron to find?:
Code:
 backup1/spbl_backup/spblora_backup/*.*

Unless you have given to cron the correct environment, it needs abosolute path to all you mention...
# 3  
Old 11-19-2014
Thanks for mentioning it right.

I have got that running well on cron.

Thanks a lot
# 4  
Old 11-19-2014
How did you solve the problem?
# 5  
Old 11-22-2014
Hi

By just giving the full path from root - /

in my case this is the change , just adding / before the directory structure

tar -cvf /dev/st0 /backup1/spbl_backup/spblora_backup/*.* /backup1/spbt_backup/spbtora_backup/*.* /backup1/spbm_backup/spbmora_ backup/*.*
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