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by **kevin** » Thu, 30 May 2002 21:04:54

i have created a little script that uses the tar command.

the script works fine when run from the unix prompt but when placed as a
crontab entry the tar fails with the following message..

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/bin/tar: latest: Cannot stat: No such file or directory

/bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

----------------------------------------------------------------

the cron is running from the same machine in which i can execute the script
from via command line.

any hints would be appreciated..

thanks.. kevint

by **Tzafrir Cohe** » Fri, 31 May 2002 07:23:01

> i have created a little script that uses the tar command.

> the script works fine when run from the unix prompt but when placed as a
> crontab entry the tar fails with the following message..

> ------------------------------------------
> /bin/tar: latest: Cannot stat: No such file or directory

> /bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

> ----------------------------------------------------------------

> the cron is running from the same machine in which i can execute the script
> from via command line.

> any hints would be appreciated..

I haven't seen the script, but my first gues is that you rely on a value
of some environment variable, and that this value is not properly set when
the script is executed through cron.

Add in the script lines to echo the values of all the existing variables
(or maybe 'set') and force cron to run it once (maybe change the ettings
of the script to run on * * * *, and perhaps you should rem-out some part
of the script beforehand)

--
Tzafrir Cohen

http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir

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cron and tar not co-existing

cron and tar not co-existing

cron and tar not co-existing