Re: [MLUG] backup via cron

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

So, when you type
growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -J -R /var/ftp/files
under su, not as a script, you don't get the message:
WARNING: /dev/dvd already carries isofs!
?



Nowlin, Dan wrote:
> Nope just did a locate and I only have one copy of mkisofs. 
>
>
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> > Stephen Montgomery-Smith
> > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:08 AM
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> > Subject: Re: [MLUG] backup via cron
> >
> > My guess is that you have two copies of mkisofs that are different.
> >
> >
> >
> > Daniel Nowlin wrote:
> >
> > > I tried with and without the BASH bang and paths.  I have the job 
> > > running as root.  It will not even run when I run it with 
> >
> > ./ as root.
> >
> > > Here is the error I get:
> > >
> > > [EMAIL:PROTECTED bash]# ./files_bkup
> > > WARNING: /dev/dvd already carries isofs!
> > > | builtin_dd of=/dev/dvd obs=32k seek=0'files
> > > INFO:ingUTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings.
> > >       Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem,
> > >       use -input-charset to override.
> > > mkisofs: No such file or directory. Invalid node - 
> >
> > /var/ftp/files :-( 
> >
> > > write failed: Input/output error
> > >
> > > It ran just fine in the past but my DVD drive bit the dust 
> >
> > and I think 
> >
> > > before I got it replaced DVDTools was updated.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > Russell Horn wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 05:21 -0600, Nowlin, Dan wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Can anybody tell me why these two commands will work in 
> >
> > BASH but not 
> >
> > > > > in a script?
> > > > >
> > > > > dvd+rw-format -f /dev/dvd
> > > > > growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -J -R /var/ftp/files
> > > > >    
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Are you using the full path to them in your script, and 
> >
> > are you using 
> >
> > > > bash as the shell the script is running under?
> > > >
> > > > It may be the user the cron job is running as doesn't have these 
> > > > programs in their path.
> > > >
> > > > make sure
> > > >
> > > > #!/bin/bash
> > > >
> > > > is the first line of your script and try using the full 
> >
> > path to your 
> >
> > > > executables.
> > > >
> > > > Russell.
> > > >
> > > >
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