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Backup v1.0.7 fails: Claims there is no snapshot folder

Asked by James Moe

BackInTime v1.0.7

I configured a backup to run every day at midnight. 3 days later and there is no backup. I found this little ditty in /var/log/messages:

Sep 14 00:00:01 sma-station14l /USR/SBIN/CRON[17246]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 ionice -c2 -n7 /usr/bin/backintime --profile-id 2 --backup-job >/dev/null 2>&1)
Sep 14 00:00:02 sma-station14l backintime (root): INFO: Lock
Sep 14 00:00:02 sma-station14l backintime (root): INFO: on process begins
Sep 14 00:00:02 sma-station14l backintime (root): INFO: Profile_id: 2
Sep 14 00:00:02 sma-station14l backintime (root): WARNING: Can't find snapshots folder !
Sep 14 00:00:04 sma-station14l backintime (root): INFO: Unlock

If I run the command (nice -n 19 ionice -c2 -n7 /usr/bin/backintime --profile-id 2 --backup-job >/dev/null 2>&1) manually, the backup proceeds without a problem. It also runs correctly when started from the GUI (gnome).

The backup drive is an external SATA device.

So. What's up with the cron job?

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Dan (danleweb) said : 		#1

Is your external drive always on ?

Can you just make a script that you call from cron that tries to access you drive ? (something like "date >> /<path to your drive>/log.txt")

Regards,
Dan

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