Just a thought, in a cron job, where does stdout go and can it fill
up???
Chris Allen wrote:
Usually defaults to /var/log/messages. Maybe you'll see an error there. You might want to change it to:
tar -cvzf $OF /var/www/ /home/cvs > /tmp/some_logfile 2>&1
Interesting! There is a series of log files started called panic, which list a panic because exim.conf file can't be opened, each time at exactly when my backup is set to run. I haven't yet got exim set up correctly running and haven't had time to look at it. I've done the above to trap the error messages that can't get through. I'll keep you posted on the breathtaking results. (I assume that if the logfile doesn't exist it will be created? And I'll just blindly trust you on the "2>&1" thing.....) Thanks! Jenny.