cron and lftp issue

wpeckham · 07-23-2015, 06:27 AM

Not an issue, just use something like

Code:

HOSTNAME=`hostname` 
export HOSTNAME

to set it and you are golden. Just make sure the hostname command is in the path.

aristosv · 07-23-2015, 07:02 AM

I have removed the $HOSTNAME variable from the script and set the actual hostname manually. It still strips the lftp output from the log file.

wpeckham · 07-23-2015, 08:00 PM

And is all of the OTHER output from that script appearing in the log file?

aristosv · 07-23-2015, 11:02 PM

That's correct. If you have a raspberry pi you can replicate this easily. It happens on all of my raspberry pi's.

wpeckham · 07-24-2015, 05:24 AM

I have no pi. Cannot replicate this behavior.
It may be something ONLY on that particular lftp for that environment, but that seems unlikely.
I am still leaning on something different about the environment under cron, but without an environment like that under cron on pi I cannot test more than I have.

Let us home someone else chimes in with more information.

Meanwhile: there are other ways to do the transfer that are likely to log properly. You might experiment with a few to accomplish your goal another way.