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#15421 Struggling with setting up Cron Job Back

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Latest post by nicholas on Sunday, 17 March 2013 17:35 CDT

sandstorm871

Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes, Cron, Alternate Cron
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes automated backup stuff & CRON
Joomla! version: 2.5.9
PHP version: 5.3.15
MySQL version: 5.0.96
Host: Dedicated Server
Akeeba Backup version: 3.7.2

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Description of my issue:

Hi,

I generally dont ask for help here, as your documentation is spot on & I know my way around your stuff pretty well (most of the time).

I have moved a big site over from J1.5 to J2.5 over the weekend and now cant get the CRON backups to work.

We are on a dedicated server and they always worked well before in our J1.5, so assuming the server is OK.

Our CRON in J1.5 site was this;

/usr/local/bin/php /home/banation/public_html/administrator/components/com_akeeba/backup.php -profile=1

I have tried all these for the J2.5 site and none seem to work (I also checked that the files are present in public_html/cli & that the backup is actually using profile #1);

usr/local/bin/php /home/banation/public_html/cli/akeeba-altbackup.php

usr/local/bin/php /home/banation/public_html/cli/akeeba-altbackup.php -profile=1

usr/local/bin/php /home/banation/public_html/cli/akeeba-backup.php -profile=1

usr/local/bin/php /home/banation/public_html/cli/akeeba-altbackup.php

usr/local/bin/php /home/banation/public_html/cli/akeeba-altbackup.php --profile=1

usr/local/bin/php /home/banation/public_html/cli/akeeba-backup.php --profile=1

Is there anything sticking out there that I am doing wrong?  or anything else you think I can check?

Thansk in advance.

Andy

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

This command line seems almost correct:

usr/local/bin/php /home/banation/public_html/cli/akeeba-backup.php --profile=1

The path to the CLI script is cli/akeeba-backup.php and you need to use a double dash in front of the options. What doesn't seem correct is usr/local/bin/php. It should be /usr/local/bin/php (note that you are missing the leading slash – this is important!).

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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sandstorm871

Where's your "Hold my head in shame emoticon" ?

That was exactly it, can't beleive I missed it!

THANKS!

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

You're welcome :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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