Strange periodic problem

[Adam Vande More]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 9:51 PM, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists at tx.rr.com>
wrote:

> I wrote a script to do database backups. It worked well, so I copied it to
> another server. I had to alter it, because the db was too big to send
> through email, so it creates the backup, removes the previous days and then
> sends email to me notifying me that it ran. Except, it doesn't work.
>
> And I have no idea why.
>
> The periodic script is executable.
> # ls -lsa /etc/periodic/daily/220.dbbackup
> 2 -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  37 Oct 19 12:31 /etc/periodic/daily/220.dbback
> up
>
> The script calls sh to run the actual script.
> # cat /etc/periodic/daily/220.dbbackup
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/local/bin/dbbackup.sh
>
> Periodic.conf enables the script.
> # grep dbbackup /etc/periodic.conf
> daily_dbbackup_enable="YES"
>
> The script itself is executable.
> # ls -lsa /usr/local/bin/dbbackup.sh
> 2 -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  446 Oct 11 23:40 /usr/local/bin/dbbackup.sh
>
> The script runs manually, and I get the email.
> # /usr/local/bin/dbbackup.sh
> rm: /usr/home/pauls/102217.alldb.sql: No such file or directory
>
> (The previous backup doesn't exist, because the script isn't running
> daily.)
>
> What have I missed?
>

Does the cron log indicate entry ran?

-- 
Adam