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rsnapreport has recently started emailing me mostly blank reports. It still shows ERRORS, like when a machine is not on the network, but nothing else.

It seems to have started about the time I installed new iMacs running Snow Leopard (our first machines running 10.6.x). I'm pretty sure nothing else changed.

To try to fix it I updated the rsnapshot server to rsync 3.0.7 and to rsnapshot 1.3.1 and used the rsnapreport.pl from the 1.3.1 install, but no change.

Here's the nightly cron line:

30 21 * * * root /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot -c /usr/local/etc/rsnapshot-desktops.conf daily 2>&1 | tee -a /var/log/rsnapraw.log | /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl | /usr/bin/mail -s "Desktop Backup Report" terry < at > dop.com

If I run it manually from the command line with a copy of the rsnapshot-desktops.conf file that just uses another snapshot root and sets --dry-run:

sudo /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot -c /usr/local/etc/rsnapshot.conf daily 2>&1 | sudo tee -a /var/log/rsnapraw.log | sudo /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl | /usr/bin/mail -s "test rsnapreport output" terry < at > dop.com

I get an rsnapreport email that's correct, but the command line returns with:

Use of uninitialized value in formline at /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl line 53.
Use of uninitialized value in formline at /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl line 53.

Is that error important or am I doing something else wrong?

Thanks,
-Terry


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I neglected to mention that I have previously used the patched rsnapreport.pl that adds "n/a" where null is returned from rsync (I think that's what it's doing). If I manually run rsnapshot and use the patched version of rsnapreport.pl the error reported from perl is slightly different.

sudo /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot -c /usr/local/etc/rsnapshot.conf daily 2>&1 | sudo tee -a /var/log/rsnapraw.log | sudo /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl | /usr/bin/mail -s "test rsnapreport output" terry < at > dop.com

Argument "n/a" isn't numeric in formline at /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl line 53.
Argument "n/a" isn't numeric in formline at /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl line 53.

Can anyone shed light on what might be going on?

Thanks for any help,
-Terry

On Mar 3, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Terry Barnum wrote:

rsnapreport has recently started emailing me mostly blank reports. It still shows ERRORS, like when a machine is not on the network, but nothing else.

It seems to have started about the time I installed new iMacs running Snow Leopard (our first machines running 10.6.x). I'm pretty sure nothing else changed.

To try to fix it I updated the rsnapshot server to rsync 3.0.7 and to rsnapshot 1.3.1 and used the rsnapreport.pl from the 1.3.1 install, but no change.

Here's the nightly cron line:

30 21 * * * root /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot -c /usr/local/etc/rsnapshot-desktops.conf daily 2>&1 | tee -a /var/log/rsnapraw.log | /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl | /usr/bin/mail -s "Desktop Backup Report" terry < at > dop.com

If I run it manually from the command line with a copy of the rsnapshot-desktops.conf file that just uses another snapshot root and sets --dry-run:

sudo /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot -c /usr/local/etc/rsnapshot.conf daily 2>&1 | sudo tee -a /var/log/rsnapraw.log | sudo /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl | /usr/bin/mail -s "test rsnapreport output" terry < at > dop.com

I get an rsnapreport email that's correct, but the command line returns with:

Use of uninitialized value in formline at /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl line 53.
Use of uninitialized value in formline at /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl line 53.

Is that error important or am I doing something else wrong?

Thanks,
-Terry

Terry Barnum
digital OutPost
San Diego, CA

http://www.dop.com
800/464-6434



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On Mar 3, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Terry Barnum wrote:

rsnapreport has recently started emailing me mostly blank reports. It still shows ERRORS, like when a machine is not on the network, but nothing else.

It seems to have started about the time I installed new iMacs running Snow Leopard (our first machines running 10.6.x). I'm pretty sure nothing else changed.

To try to fix it I updated the rsnapshot server to rsync 3.0.7 and to rsnapshot 1.3.1 and used the rsnapreport.pl from the 1.3.1 install, but no change.

Here's the nightly cron line:

30 21 * * * root /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot -c /usr/local/etc/rsnapshot-desktops.conf daily 2>&1 | tee -a /var/log/rsnapraw.log | /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl | /usr/bin/mail -s "Desktop Backup Report" terry < at > dop.com

If I run it manually from the command line with a copy of the rsnapshot-desktops.conf file that just uses another snapshot root and sets --dry-run:

sudo /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot -c /usr/local/etc/rsnapshot.conf daily 2>&1 | sudo tee -a /var/log/rsnapraw.log | sudo /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl | /usr/bin/mail -s "test rsnapreport output" terry < at > dop.com

I get an rsnapreport email that's correct, but the command line returns with:

Use of uninitialized value in formline at /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl line 53.
Use of uninitialized value in formline at /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl line 53.

Is that error important or am I doing something else wrong?

On Mar 4, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Terry Barnum wrote:

I neglected to mention that I have previously used the patched rsnapreport.pl that adds "n/a" where null is returned from rsync (I think that's what it's doing). If I manually run rsnapshot and use the patched version of rsnapreport.pl the error reported from perl is slightly different.

sudo /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot -c /usr/local/etc/rsnapshot.conf daily 2>&1 | sudo tee -a /var/log/rsnapraw.log | sudo /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl | /usr/bin/mail -s "test rsnapreport output" terry < at > dop.com

Argument "n/a" isn't numeric in formline at /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl line 53.
Argument "n/a" isn't numeric in formline at /usr/local/bin/rsnapreport.pl line 53.

Can anyone shed light on what might be going on?

Thanks for any help,
-Terry


Sorry to keep asking about this. Is anyone successfully backing up 10.6.x Macs and using rsnapreport.pl to generate emailed reports via cron?

Thanks,
-Terry




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