[mythtv-users] Why is my cron job not backing up my database?

[Gabe Rubin]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/09/2012 10:01 PM, Gabe Rubin wrote:
> ...
>
>> I just noticed that I my database has not been backing up lately and
>> wondering why.  If I run /usr/bin/mythconverg_backup.pl from the
>> command line, I get a backup.
>>
>> I have the following entries in my mythtv user crontab:
>
> ...
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>> 30 3 * * * /usr/bin/mythconverg_backup.pl
>
> ...
>
> Hi,
>
> In /root/.mythtv/backuprc, do you have the path to your
> backup directory? Like this:
>
>  DBBackupDirectory=/var/lib/mythtv/db_backups
>

Yes:
[mythtv at localhost backup]$ more /home/mythtv/.mythtv/backuprc
DBBackupDirectory=/home/mythtv/.mythtv/backup

And the command works from the command line.  It just seems that none
of my cronjobs are functioning.