Re: [MLUG] backup via cron

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Exactly what messages do you get when you run the command not as a script?



Nowlin, Dan wrote:
> I do get the warning but the command goes ahead and runs with no
> problems.  When I try it in a script I get this:
>
> mkisofs: No such file or directory. Invalid node - /var/ftp/files :-(
> write failed: Input/output error
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMAIL:PROTECTED 
> > [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> > Stephen Montgomery-Smith
> > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:36 AM
> > To: MLUG Members
> > Subject: Re: [MLUG] backup via cron
> >
> > 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. 
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: EMAIL:PROTECTED 
> > > > [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen 
> > > > Montgomery-Smith
> > > > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:08 AM
> > > > To: MLUG Members
> > > > 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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