Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Works manually, but not w/ cron

[Cybertinus]

Bryan Vicknair wrote:
> The following command in cron gives me a quotation error.  Do I have
> the --remote-schema argument wrong?:
>
> Cron entry:
> ------------------
> 0 0 * * * sudo /usr/bin/rdiff-backup --print-statistics
> --exclude-globbing-filelist /home/bry/backup/vic/exclude
> --remote-schema "/usr/bin/ssh -C -i /home/bry/.ssh/id_rsa %s
> /usr/bin/rdiff-backup --server" address@hidden::/home
> /home/bry/backup/vic/home
>
> Error
> -------------------
> /bin/sh: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string
>
> See my post on linuxquestions.org:
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/works-manually-but-not-w-cron-quotation-problem-762961/#post3726082
>
>
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Hi Bryan,

I'm totally not sure about my idea (I don't know the options you use),
but it is worth a shot: maybe it is the double : you used in your
command. I think it should be one. Easy to try, I would say ;).
Hope this helps.

Best regards, Cybertinus