Re: Cannot run backup script

On Jul 16, 2004, at 8:03 AM, Toby Dickenson wrote:

>> 	I'm now trying to automate making backups via a script that runs from
>> a cron job that fires early every morning. But when it runs, either 
>> via
>> cron or manually, I get the following error:
>
> Can you share the script?

	Sure:

#!/bin/sh
export PYTHONPATH='/usr/local/zope/2.7.1/lib/python'
cd /usr/local/zope/2.7.1/lib/python/DirectoryStorage
if [ $1 = "full" ]; then
         python snapshot.py /usr/zopestorage - python backup.py prefix 
ZopeBackup full
else
         python snapshot.py /usr/zopestorage - python backup.py prefix 
ZopeBackup inc "36 hours ag
fi

	The cron job is set to pass the parameter "full" on Sundays, and "inc" 
all other days.


> Which version are you using? This is one area that has changed 
> dramatically
> (to be easier) in the latest beta release.

	I'm still using 1.1.7, which is the same version I was using before 
the crash and restoration.

> Alternatively, maybe something else is using currently snapshot 
> mode...... I
> added the retry mechanism to snapshot.py after seeing this error if my 
> backup
> cron job collides with the replication cron job.

	If I run the backup command manually from the terminal, I get the same 
results no matter when I run it, even if I run it several times one 
after the other.

> The two lines of snapshot.py before this line are:
>             # Unexplained exceptions in the line below? Did you forget
>             # to apply the patch to ZEO mentioned in doc/install?
>
> If thats not it, a misconfigured snapshot.conf seems most likely.

	I'm not running ZEO. My snapshot.conf reads:

http http://localhost:8080 /usr/zopestorage/config/access

	The access file is located in /usr/zopestorage/config/, is 
world-readable, and was created using zpasswd.py with the user name and 
password for the admin of the site. The zope instance is running on 
port 8080.

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