Re: [MLUG] backup via cron

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Nowlin, Dan wrote:
> check the update and none is available.  Not too good at compiling. 

I don't think it is an issue.  I found the source for growisofs 5.21, 
and the bug that Dan hinted might be present isn't there.  If it isn't 
going to work because it is non-interactive, it has to write the message 
"FATAL" not "WARNING".

I am getting the feeling that the issue is with mkisofs.  Somehow it is 
not able to see /var/ftp/files.

WHat if you write a script containing

ls -ld /var/ftp/files

and run that?  I already saw what happened when you run that command not 
as a script.

Also, locate only finds stuff that was put into its database.  Is there 
a file called mkisofs in /root or /root/bin?

Also, did you try the

export MKISOFS=/usr/bin/mkisofs
growisofs ......
command sequence?


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMAIL:PROTECTED 
> > [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> > Stephen Montgomery-Smith
> > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 1:11 AM
> > To: MLUG Members
> > Subject: Re: [MLUG] backup via cron
> >
> > I have growisofs version 6.0.  Any chance you could upgrade?
> >
> >
> >
> > Nowlin, Dan wrote:
> >
> > > #mkisofs -version
> > > mkisofs 2.01
> > >
> > > #growisofs --version
> > > * growisofs by <EMAIL:PROTECTED>, version 5.21,
> > >  front-ending to mkisofs: mkisofs 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: EMAIL:PROTECTED 
> > > > [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen 
> > > > Montgomery-Smith
> > > > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:57 AM
> > > > To: MLUG Members
> > > > Subject: Re: [MLUG] backup via cron
> > > >
> > > > Mark Rages wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On 2/3/06, Stephen Montgomery-Smith
> > > >
> > > > <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > 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!
> > > > > > ?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > from the man page I quoted earlier:
> > > >
> > > > >      If  the  media  already carries isofs and growisofs
> > > >
> > > > is invoked with -Z
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >      option non-interactively,  e.g.  through  cron,  it
> > > >
> > > > shall  fail  with
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >      "FATAL:  /dev/dvd  already  carries  isofs!" Note
> > > >
> > > > that only ISO9660 is
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >      recognized, you can perfectly zap e.g. an UDF
> > > >
> > > > filesystem  non-interac-
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >      tively.
> > > > >
> > > > > This explains why it works directly from the shell, and
> > > >
> > > > fails in the
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > script.  growisofs senses it's being run from a script and changes
> > > >
> > > > > from WARNING to FATAL.   (I'm guessing there's a bug and it prints
> > > >
> > > > > WARNING in the error message, but aborts anyway.)
> > > >
> > > > That would make sense.
> > > >
> > > > What does
> > > >
> > > > mkisofs -version
> > > >
> > > > or
> > > >
> > > > mkisofs --version
> > > >
> > > > do?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Mark
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