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Dimitri
Dimitri

Reputation: 959

My cron job doesn't cp my file

I have a bash script who is use to backup my apache directories. When I'm root and I excecute my script he work fine (my directory is copied). But when I create a cron, my script is launched but the backup is not moved... Why ?

My cron job: 0 12 * * * /home/dim/backup/backup.sh -mail

My script:

$TMP_NAME="backup"     
mv -f $TMP_NAME.tar.gz /test/

The directory "test" and "backup" have -r 777 rights

Thanks you !!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2593

Answers (1)

hek2mgl
hek2mgl

Reputation: 158060

The working directory of a script executed by cron is the file system root -> /. You need to use the full path to the file:

$TMP_NAME="/full/path/to/backup"     
mv -f $TMP_NAME.tar.gz /test/

Upvotes: 2

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