Backup with rsync and crontab
 

Hi,

I have written a simple backup script which runs fine through the console (with su), but when I try to set it up as a cron job, it doesnt run.

the backup script is as follows
and the crontab is as follows
I am trying to get the job to run every hour, can anyone see what I have done wrong.

the cron job is created under su and not standard user.

Thanks,

Gavin,

You probably need to add the complete path to rsync in the script. Since it may not be in the path when cron runs.

I'm assuming you have #!/bin/sh at the top and it is executable.

You can also check the system mail, which is the place where crontab jobs send their standard input and error by default.

Hi,

Can you tell me how I access the system mail, I am fairly new to Linux and havent got as far as looking at system mail yet :).

Thanks,

You have to be logged in as the user that launched the crontab, and type 'mail' on the command line. You get a list of the messages you have in your mailbox (if any). Type "?" to retrieve a list of commands, type the number of the message you want to read, type "x" to exit. And of course read the manual page of mail to learn more! ;-)