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crontab not picking up multiple configs
June 26, 2013
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Wil
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I run xcloner from a crontab, however, I can't seem to get it to pick up on any profiles.

Each time crontab runs it picks up on the default profile.

I've tried three variants.

 

1. /usr/bin/php /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/configs/hls-hourly.php > /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/administrator/backups/lcbackup.log 2>/home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/administrator/backups/lcbackup-errors.log

 

2. /usr/bin/php /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php hls-hourly.php > /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/administrator/backups/lcbackup.log 2>/home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/administrator/backups/lcbackup-errors.log

 

3. /usr/bin/php /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php?config=hls-hourly.php > /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/administrator/backups/lcbackup.log 2>/home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/administrator/backups/lcbackup-errors.log

 

Every one only picks up on the default config as per the log file:

 

X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.26
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Set-Cookie: auth_clone=1
<b>Using default configuration file</b><br />
<b>Starting /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php</b><br />
<b>Starting XCloner for site http://www.hls.ie at 2013-06-26 16:00</b><br />

X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.26Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8Set-Cookie: auth_clone=1

<b>Using default configuration file</b><br /><b>Starting /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php</b><br /><b>Starting XCloner for site http://www.hls.ie at 2013-06-26 16:00</b><br />

 

I need to run one crontab which uploads to a hourly/daily S3 bucket and another which uploads to a weekly S3 bucket.

 

Can you tell me where I am going wrong please?

 

Wil.

June 26, 2013
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The correct custom config cron command should look like

 

/usr/bin/php /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php hls-hourly.php

 

Hope it helps! Ovidiu

June 27, 2013
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Thanks for the response, however it's still not picking up the configuration file and using the default one.

 

Here's the crontab output log for the cron line you suggested.

/usr/bin/php /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php hls-hourly.php

 As you can see it's still using the default configuration.

 

X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.26
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Set-Cookie: auth_clone=1
<b>Using default configuration file</b><br />
<b>Starting /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php</b><br />
<b>Starting XCloner for site http://www.hls.ie at 2013-06-27 04:31</b><br />

X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.26Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8Set-Cookie: auth_clone=1
<b>Using default configuration file</b><br /><b>Starting /home/sites/hls.ie/public_html/wp-content/plugins/xcloner-backup-and-restore/cloner.cron.php</b><br /><b>Starting XCloner for site http://www.hls.ie at 2013-06-27 04:31</b><br />

 

Wil.

June 27, 2013
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Hey there,

 

Just to let you know that it was an issue with the hosting environment.

 

They had tured off argv and argc for shared hosting so I had to pop register_argc_argv=true; in a php.ini file.

 

Perhaps you could do a quick check in cloner.cron.php to see if they are set and output a warning message if not.

 

Cheerz,

Wil.

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