rsync script

[Les Mikesell]

Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi
> 
> MAILTO=kaushal at example.com
> 0 18 * * * rsync -av /var/lib/mysql kaushal at host77:/var/lib/
> 
> If i put this two lines in crontab it will run correctly,My requirement was
> to create a script, this script should indicate success or failures and the
> reason for failure
> 

Rsync should already be telling you that in the email that cron sends 
but you probably aren't bothering to read it because the -v option makes 
it too verbose.  If you you can't get rsync to say exactly what you want 
with some variation (or omission) of the -v and -q options you could 
replace the success output with an invocation like:
0 18 * * * rsync -a /var/lib/mysql kaushal at host77:/var/lib/ >dev/null && 
echo Rsync succeeded

Cron only sends mail if the command generates anything on stdout or 
stderr.  The >dev/null will discard normal output but keep any error 
messages from rsync (which would go to stderr instead of stdout).  If 
the run succeds with no error, the command to the right of the && will 
run so you still get an email.

Somehow the way you stated the 'requirement' for a script makes this 
sound like a homework assignment from someone who expects it to look 
like cobol, though...

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   Les Mikesell
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