Re: [webmin-l] Custom Commands: "not found" error

[Daniel C. <dan...@gm...>]

Hey Ed,

I think we've all done this at some point... :) I spent ages trying to
work out why a file didn't exist on a live PHP server when I was
sending to the development one by mistake.

On 20 July 2012 15:12, Ed Hochman <cha...@ho...> wrote:
>
> Nevermind.  I made a stupid error.
>
> So stupid I'm embarrassed to confess.
>
> But here goes anyway:  I was SSHing to one box where the command worked and
> WEBMINing to another where the command didn't exist!
> ________________________________
> From: cha...@ho...
> To: web...@li...
> Subject: Custom Commands: "not found" error
> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:30:58 -0400
>
>
> Hi,  My first post to this list.
>
> I wrote a simple script called update-newer to copy some files.  Here are
> the first few lines:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #
> # Just a Q&D to copy files from one server to another
> # Assumes remote drive (starting at /)
> #   is already mounted at /root/remotesvr
> #  See /root/Desktop/todo for mounting requirements
> #
> # Start the copying
> echo "Copy newer files from remote"
> echo "M Drive:"
> cp -ruvp /root/remotesrvr/home/"M Drive"/* /home/"M Drive"
> echo "N Drive"
> ...
>
>
> This script won't run from "Custom Commands".  I just get "Output from
> /sbin/update-newer .. /bin/sh: /sbin/update-newer: not found ".  It works
> fine from a Linux terminal (console).
>
> In testing I created two identical scripts.  One in /root and the other in
> /sbin.  Both owned by root with execute permissions.
>
> The custom commands I've tried are like this:
>
> /root/update-newer
> /sbin/update-newer
> and specifying running from one of the two directories and using
> ./update-newer
>
>
> None of these work and always the same message: "not found".
>
> Other commands work fine.  For example, I have a custom command that just
> does "dmraid -r".  It works.
>
> Is there something about my script?
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
>
>
>
>
>
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