Re: Cron cvs?

["J.D. Bronson" <jd_bronson%sbcglobal.net@localhost>]

At 08:20 AM 9/14/2008 -0400, matthew sporleder wrote:
> On 9/14/08, J.D. Bronson <jd_bronson%sbcglobal.net@localhost> wrote:
> > I am trying to setup a root crontab to run cvs each sunday.
> >
> >  I just want to run this command:
> >
> >  -------------
> >  /usr/bin/cvs -q up -Pd | /usr/bin/mailx -s "CVS" root
> >  -------------
> >
> >  If i run it from command line (within /usr/src), it works.
> >  Anytime I try to cron this, I get just an empty email and the job
> >  only ran for 1sec.
> >
> >  Can someone point me as to what I need to do to cron this?
> >  thanks!
> >
>
> You might want to add a "cd /usr/src &&" to the front of that.


BINGO. That did it. The email contains any 'issues' or changes/updates
to my src tree and thats what I was shooting for.

I tend to forget to do this from time to time (Tracking stable) so now
its all on it's own.


Thanks!!

-JD