[clue] [TECH] rsync command runs from command line but not via cron

[Collins Richey]

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Brian Gibson <bwg1974 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> OK I have a pair of Drobo FS NAS devices.
>
>
> Kernel  :Linux Drobo-FS 2.6.22.18
> BusyBox v1.14.2 (2009-07-29 17:47:47 PDT) multi-call binary
>
> One is the file server, the other is the backup device.  I can manually
> rsync between the two via the command line during a ssh session to the
> backup device.  It works if I call the rsync command directly or via the
> shell script that calls the rsync command.
>
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>
> # ssh uses public/private key authentication
> /mnt/DroboFS/Shares/DroboApps/rsync/rsync -avz -e 'ssh -i /root/rsync-key'
> --rsync-path=/mnt/DroboFS/Shares/DroboApps/rsync/rsync
> root at 0.0.0.0:/mnt/DroboFS/Shares /mnt/DroboFS/

Wow, you've got me stumped. The usual problem in cron scripts is the
lack of environment settings but you've got a fully qualified path to
the executable.

I'll be curious to know the answer.

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