How to work this script with launchd on OS X

[debaron]

Having major issues trying to get this to work with launchd. The colon in ssh login fails it when quoting entire line e.g. ~/Library/Scripts/myscript.sh source user@host:destination

I can get around if it is possible to set following options in script itself rather than on command line - would be preferred option. Tried in a few locations no luck

Source - username - host - destination

Can anyone help?

[rbuckland]

• On my OSX machine, I use a personal crontab. not launchd - and not a root crontab entry.

• Follow this for general setup as a tip for how crontab works. https://ole.michelsen.dk/blog/schedule-jobs-with-crontab-on-mac-osx.html

• Ensure your ssh keys are setup on the remote host, and test it with ssh user@my-backup-server-with-ssh-keys uptime

• In the example below, I have this repo checked out to /Users/rbuckland/projects/github.com/laurent22/rsync-time-backup

• The crontab I found that works is;

  15:58 $ crontab -l
  0 */3 * * * if [[ $( ssh my-backup-server-with-ssh-keys uptime ) ]]; then /Users/rbuckland/projects/github.com/laurent22/rsync-time-backup/rsync_tmbackup.sh /Users/rbuckland rbuckland@my-backup-server-with-ssh-keys:/home/rbuckland/backups/rsync-time-backup /Users/rbuckland/.workstation/backup_exclusions.txt; fi
  

  • check the host is up. (sufficient for roaming on and off the network)
  • backup runs every 3 hours; if it can; ssh my-backup-server-with-ssh-keys uptime performs that check.
  • the crontab entry under my user (change / edit it with crontab -e)

• my exclusions (as an example)

  15:59 $ cat ~/.workstation/backup_exclusions.txt
  Applications
  Downloads
  Library
  Public
  backups
  .DS_Store
  *.swp
  .Trash
  .atom
  .bash_sessions
  .cups
  .gem
  .log
  .matplotlib
  .npm
  .oracle_jre_usage
  .rsync_tmbackup
  .m2
  .ivy
  

• and after 3 months i see

  rbuckland@my-backup-server-with-ssh-keys:~/backups/rsync-time-backup$ ls -al
  total 84
  drwxrwxr-x 21 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 18 15:00 .
  drwxrwxr-x  5 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Jan 19 10:15 ..
  drwxr-xr-x 17 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Jan 31 11:57 2018-01-31-120001
  drwxr-xr-x 20 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Feb 26 11:54 2018-02-26-120047
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 19 14:14 2018-03-19-150001
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 20 14:14 2018-03-20-150001
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 21 17:56 2018-03-21-180001
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 22 13:00 2018-03-22-150001
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 24 19:38 2018-03-24-210002
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 25 16:58 2018-03-25-180003
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 26 14:59 2018-03-26-150001
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 27 14:17 2018-03-27-150001
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 28 14:57 2018-03-28-150001
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 29 14:31 2018-03-29-150001
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr  3 14:04 2018-04-03-150002
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr  4 11:47 2018-04-04-120003
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr  5 17:24 2018-04-05-180001
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr  6 14:41 2018-04-06-150003
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 16 09:09 2018-04-16-120001
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 17 14:42 2018-04-17-150002
  drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 18 13:52 2018-04-18-150001
  -rw-rw-r--  1 rbuckland rbuckland    0 Jan 19 09:36 backup.marker
  lrwxrwxrwx  1 rbuckland rbuckland   17 Apr 18 15:00 latest -> 2018-04-18-150001
  

[debaron]

Awesome thank you Ramon

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On 18 Apr 2018, at 07:31, Ramon Buckland [email protected] wrote:

On my OSX machine, I use a personal crontab. not launchd - and not a root crontab entry.

Follow this for general setup as a tip for how crontab works. https://ole.michelsen.dk/blog/schedule-jobs-with-crontab-on-mac-osx.html https://ole.michelsen.dk/blog/schedule-jobs-with-crontab-on-mac-osx.html Ensure your ssh keys are setup on the remote host, and test it with ssh user@my-backup-server-with-ssh-keys uptime

In the example below, I have this repo checked out to /Users/rbuckland/projects/github.com/laurent22/rsync-time-backup

The crontab I found that works is;

15:58 $ crontab -l 0 */3 * * * if [[ $( ssh my-backup-server-with-ssh-keys uptime ) ]]; then /Users/rbuckland/projects/github.com/laurent22/rsync-time-backup/rsync_tmbackup.sh /Users/rbuckland rbuckland@my-backup-server-with-ssh-keys:/home/rbuckland/backups/rsync-time-backup /Users/rbuckland/.workstation/backup_exclusions.txt; fi check the host is up. (sufficient for roaming on and off the network) backup runs every 3 hours; if it can; ssh my-backup-server-with-ssh-keys uptime performs that check. the crontab entry under my user (change / edit it with crontab -e) my exclusions (as an example)

15:59 $ cat ~/.workstation/backup_exclusions.txt Applications Downloads Library Public backups .DS_Store *.swp .Trash .atom .bash_sessions .cups .gem .log .matplotlib .npm .oracle_jre_usage .rsync_tmbackup .m2 .ivy and after 3 months i see

rbuckland@my-backup-server-with-ssh-keys:~/backups/rsync-time-backup$ ls -al total 84 drwxrwxr-x 21 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 18 15:00 . drwxrwxr-x 5 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Jan 19 10:15 .. drwxr-xr-x 17 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Jan 31 11:57 2018-01-31-120001 drwxr-xr-x 20 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Feb 26 11:54 2018-02-26-120047 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 19 14:14 2018-03-19-150001 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 20 14:14 2018-03-20-150001 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 21 17:56 2018-03-21-180001 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 22 13:00 2018-03-22-150001 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 24 19:38 2018-03-24-210002 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 25 16:58 2018-03-25-180003 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 26 14:59 2018-03-26-150001 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 27 14:17 2018-03-27-150001 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 28 14:57 2018-03-28-150001 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Mar 29 14:31 2018-03-29-150001 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 3 14:04 2018-04-03-150002 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 4 11:47 2018-04-04-120003 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 5 17:24 2018-04-05-180001 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 6 14:41 2018-04-06-150003 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 16 09:09 2018-04-16-120001 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 17 14:42 2018-04-17-150002 drwxr-xr-x 22 rbuckland rbuckland 4096 Apr 18 13:52 2018-04-18-150001 -rw-rw-r-- 1 rbuckland rbuckland 0 Jan 19 09:36 backup.marker lrwxrwxrwx 1 rbuckland rbuckland 17 Apr 18 15:00 latest -> 2018-04-18-150001 — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/laurent22/rsync-time-backup/issues/101#issuecomment-382277526, or mute the thread https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AgsXVtXL33xuPnDzyFmNSIp9nsFd_iI7ks5tpt2_gaJpZM4Q2qr9.