Thanks for the suggestion Paddy, I have modified the time of this job so it now runs at 2:00am each day. My 'crontab -e' now shows:
Code:
0 2 * * * rsync -av /media/server/ /media/backup/backup/ >>/media/cron_log/rsync.lst 2>&1
11 3 * * * /etc/webmin/package-updates/update.pl
@daily tar czf /media/backup/serversystem.bz2 --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/backup.tar.bz2 --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/sys /
@reboot inadyn --username ********** --password ********** --update_period_sec 600 --alias **********
@daily /etc/webmin/backup-config/backup.pl 12978522112842
I have checked and I can certainly write to /media/cron_log/ so i will post the results tomorrow if it fails.
Sorry for the font, I am dyslexic and find Comic Sans an easier font to read, it never occurred to me that other people might struggle with it. I'll bear that in mind for future postings.
DaithiF, thank you for your suggestion. My current crontab reads:
Code:
# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
# Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'
# command to install the new version when you edit this file
# and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields,
# that none of the other crontabs do.
SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
# m h dom mon dow user command
17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )
#
I take it you mean that if this fault continues I should just add the command at the top of this file? Sorry for asking an obvious question but to be honest I'm still quite new to Linux and Ubuntu.
Thanks again for your help.
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