Re: [VuFind-General] Automating updates - cron help

[Filipe MS B. (UA) <fs...@ua...>]

Actually, if VuFind is installed in the default "/usr/local/vufind"
directory, it shouldn't be necessary to include the full path or
define/export $VUFIND_HOME environment variable, as import-marc.sh
script checks if all the necessary VuFind related environment
variables are set and if they aren't (string length = 0 > "-z" in the
if clause bellow) it defines them to the default value.

Sample from VuFind 1.x:

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##################################################
# Set VUFIND_HOME
##################################################
if [ -z "$VUFIND_HOME" ]
then
  VUFIND_HOME="/usr/local/vufind"
fi

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Sample from VF2:

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if not "!%VUFIND_HOME%!"=="!!" goto vufindhomefound
rem VUFIND_HOME not set -- try to call vufind.bat to
rem fix the problem before we give up completely
if exist vufind.bat goto usevufindbat

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So, Tim (et al.) I guess the problem lies somewhere else but like
Jonathan suggested and Luke has ( > /var/log/vufind/update_ifind.log
2>&1 ), redirecting the output of the script to a log file, checking
should give some insight of what's going on (or not).

-- Filipe


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