On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Collin Starkweather <
gentoo@collinstarkweather.com> wrote:

> Quoting Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@gmail.com>:
>
> > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Friday 21 March 2008, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > MAILTO=kaushal@example.com
> >> > 0 18 * * * rsync -av /var/lib/mysql kaushal@host77:/var/lib/
>
> Run rsync through a script that tests the exit value, then prints an
> error message if the exit value is not equal to 0 and nothing
> otherwise.  Run the script from cron and it will send you an e-mail if
> there is a problem.
>
> In bash, $? is the exit value of the last command.  This is a bit
> verbose, but you could put the following in rsync-host77.sh:
>
>   #!/bin/bash
>   TIMESTAMP=`date +%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S:%N`
>   rsync -av /bogus foo@bar:/bogus/ &>rsync-${TIMESTAMP}.log
>   EXITVALUE=$?
>   if [[ "${EXITVALUE}" -ne "0" ]]
>   then
>         echo "Error:  rsync exited with status ${EXITVALUE}"
>         echo " "
>         echo "Please check the file rsync-${TIMESTAMP}.log for errors."
>   fi
>
> To find exit values and their corresponding meanings, search for "EXIT
> VALUES" in
>
>   http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man1/rsync.1.php
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> -Collin
>
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Hi Collin

Thanks Collin

Correct me if i am wrong please. I want to understand your script

step 1 : put the above code in text file and name it as rsync-host77.sh in
the folder /home/kaushal in the machine where rsync command will execute

step 2 :

cd /home/kaushal
$crontab -e

0 18 * * * rsync -host77.sh

If i want to run the rsync script at 6 pm everyday

Also where will the "rsync-${TIMESTAMP}.log" file will be located, I believe
it will be in /home/kaushal folder. Lets say if i have to put
"rsync-${TIMESTAMP}.log" in /tmp folder

then the above rsync line would look like

rsync -av /bogus foo@bar:/bogus/ &>/tmp/rsync-${TIMESTAMP}.log

is that correct what i understand from your email

Thanks a Lot again

Thanks and Regards

Kaushal