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What do those crontab error messages mean?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Borg)
Thu Nov 21 17:49:49 1996
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 14:43:46 -0800
From: Borg <see_address@in_my.signature>
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X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/bash>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <MAILTO=root>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
Status: R
shell-init: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot access parent
directories
shell-init: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot access parent
directories
job-working-directory: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot
access parent directories
job-working-directory: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot
access parent directories
job-working-directory: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot
access parent directories
job-working-directory: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot
access parent directories
shell-init: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot access parent
directories
job-working-directory: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot
access parent directories
shell-init: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot access parent
directories
job-working-directory: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot
access parent directories
job-working-directory: could not get current directory: getwd: cannot
access parent directories
Backup: done
The above is an excerpt from crontab email to root. The
script in question tars and gzips root's home directory
and puts in on another drive.
The below message started arriving since I upgraded to
4.0. :
[root@borg /root]# mail
Mail version 5.5-kw 5/30/95. Type ? for help.
"/var/spool/mail/root": 1 message 1 unread
>U 1 root@borg.assimilato Sun Nov 17 02:39 17/659 "Cron <root@borg> /usr/sbi"
&
Message 1:
From root Sun Nov 17 02:39:01 1996
Return-Path: root
Received: (from root@localhost) by borg.assimilator.net (8.7.6/8.7.3) id
CAA18335 for root; Sun, 17 Nov 1996 02:39:00 -0800
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 02:39:00 -0800
Message-Id: <199611171039.CAA18335@borg.assimilator.net>
From: root@borg.assimilator.net (Cron Daemon)
To: root@borg.assimilator.net
Subject: Cron <root@borg> /usr/sbin/tmpwatch 240 /var/lib/texmf
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/bash>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <MAILTO=root>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
Status: RO
error: lstat() of directory /var/lib/texmf failed: No such file or
directory
&
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