crontab error

naflan · 03-25-2015, 06:02 PM

When my crontab job runs a script, text is appended to the script file after the job is complete. I then delete the appended text but it is added to the script file the next time the cron job runs. This is the appended text:

Code:

From naf Wed Mar 25 18:47:01 2015
Date:  Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:47:01 -0400
To:  scripts, backup
User-Agent:  Heirllom mailx 12.5 7/5/10
MIME-Version:  1.0
Content-Type:  text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding:  quoted-printable

the "To" recipients are the names of the only 2 folders I have in my home directory.
I'm using postfix

This is the crontab:

Code:

47 18 * * * * /home/naf/scripts/backup_databases.sh

So the above text is appended to the file backup_databases.sh

Any idea what is going on?

Thanks,
Nick

linosaurusroot · 03-26-2015, 04:42 AM

We can't comment on this without seeing the script - I imagine it contains something funny.

naflan · 03-26-2015, 04:49 PM

Code:

#!/bin/bash
echo "backup all databases..."
mysqldump -u ### -p##### -A --add-drop-table > /path/to/bd_backup.sql

also a python script that I have been using for years has the same problem in crontab. I have had this problem since a clean install of slackware 14.0.
Used these same scripts in crontab in slackware 13.0

naflan · 03-29-2015, 09:24 AM

could this be a mail configuration problem? or cron problem?