fcron

Asked by darkmatter14B

wondering if anyone has been to get back in time (9.99 beta) to work with fcron.

current i have this in the root (systab) fcrontab file:

01 03 * * * /usr/bin/backintime. # run at 3:01am everyday

i have configured all options for backintime through the gui (where to backup, which dirs, etc.)

i can see that backintime starts and finishes in the cron log file, but no backups are actually being done.

Switched to fcron after i couldn't get it to work with dcron (dillon's cron).

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Bart de Koning (bratdaking) said :
#1

There is an issue with some cron managers as BiT uses the @daily, @monthly
syntax. However your crontab looks fine. Could you report the outcome of
backintime -b ?
Most probably something is going wrong in the backup itself.

Cheers,
Bart

2009/10/14 darkmatter14B <email address hidden>

> New question #85762 on Back In Time:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/backintime/+question/85762
>
> wondering if anyone has been to get back in time (9.99 beta) to work with
> fcron.
>
> current i have this in the root (systab) fcrontab file:
>
> 01 03 * * * /usr/bin/backintime. # run at 3:01am everyday
>
> i have configured all options for backintime through the gui (where to
> backup, which dirs, etc.)
>
> i can see that backintime starts and finishes in the cron log file, but no
> backups are actually being done.
>
> Switched to fcron after i couldn't get it to work with dcron (dillon's
> cron).
>
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> You received this question notification because you are an answer
> contact for Back In Time.
>

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darkmatter14B (darkmatter14b) said :
#2

Well, I did a google search on backintime and cron and found the following to enter into fcrontab.

15 03 * * * /usr/bin/backintime --backup-job > /dev/null 2>&1

Now backintime is running and doing backups. However, I can't schedule backups using the backintime gui because it only recognizes crontab, not fcrontab. But, it works good enough for me and is an outstanding backup utility.

Since you ask, here is the output of backintime -b

[campbell@sherpa ~]$ backintime -b
Back In Time
Version: 0.9.99beta1

Back In Time comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `backintime --license' for details.

WARNING: Not configured
[campbell@sherpa ~]$

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Bart de Koning (bratdaking) said :
#3

The next release has a fix (we changed to normal format :-))

You can change the common/config.py according to
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~rmjb/backintime/bug-409783/revision/629
Then you will be able to use the gui again...

Richard, just thinking about it: it might be a good idea to change to 15 15
* * * instead of 0 0 * * *?
Many computers might not be on at noon or 3 o'clock... or don't you agree?

Cheers,
Bart

2009/10/16 darkmatter14B <email address hidden>

> Question #85762 on Back In Time changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/backintime/+question/85762
>
> Status: Answered => Solved
>
> darkmatter14B confirmed that the question is solved:
> Well, I did a google search on backintime and cron and found the
> following to enter into fcrontab.
>
> 15 03 * * * /usr/bin/backintime --backup-job > /dev/null 2>&1
>
> Now backintime is running and doing backups. However, I can't schedule
> backups using the backintime gui because it only recognizes crontab, not
> fcrontab. But, it works good enough for me and is an outstanding backup
> utility.
>
>
> Since you ask, here is the output of backintime -b
>
> [campbell@sherpa ~]$ backintime -b
> Back In Time
> Version: 0.9.99beta1
>
> Back In Time comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions; type `backintime --license' for details.
>
> WARNING: Not configured
> [campbell@sherpa ~]$
>
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> You received this question notification because you are an answer
> contact for Back In Time.
>