Re: kabcclient export script don't work with cron

"Andreas Zeller" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.users.pim
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 16.11.2011, 13:50 Uhr, schrieb Kevin Krammer <[email protected]>:

> On Wednesday, 2011-11-16, Andreas Zeller wrote:
>> I don't know, whether it's a PIM-problem. If not, please tell me.
>>
>> I make scheduled backups with cron, that works fine.
>>
>> # /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
>> # Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'
>> # command to install the new version when you edit this file
>> # and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields,
>> # that none of the other crontabs do.
>> SHELL=/bin/sh
>> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>> # m h dom mon dow user	command
>> 17 *	* * *	root    cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
>> 25 6	* * *	root	test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts  
>> --report
>> /etc/cron.daily )
>> 47 6	* * 7	root	test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts  
>> --report
>> /etc/cron.weekly )
>> 52 6	1 * *	root	test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts  
>> --report
>> /etc/cron.monthly )
>> 0	10-20	*	*	*	root	/home/USER/Scripte/SicherungAufNAS
>> 30	10-20	*	*	*	root	/home/USER/Scripte/KAddressbook_Export_vCard
>
> Doesn't that mean that the script will run as user root?
>
>> Now I want to export KAddressbook contacts within a script.
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> # KAddressbook_Export_vCard
>> kabcclient -L > /home/USER/contacts_hourly_backkup.vcf
>> #
>>
>> As a script started manually in the console, it works fine. But if cron
>> starts the script, only an empty file is created.
>
> Assuming the "root" in the user fields means the script is executed as  
> root,
> does root have a KDE addressbook?

I also tried cron with

30	10-20	*	*	*	USER	/home/USER/Scripte/KAddressbook_Export_vCard

and as script

env USER=USER HOME=/home/USER kabcclient -L >  
/home/USER/contacts_hourly_backkup.vcf

both doesn't work. Every time an empty file is created.



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