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[cobalt-users] Scheduled Backup Error



I'm getting the following email each morning concerning the backup on my
RaQ4i:

From: Cron Daemon [mailto:root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2001 4:06 AM
To: root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Cron <root@www> run-parts /etc/cron.daily

sh: unexpected EOF while looking for `''
sh: -c: line 2: syntax error

Before you flame me, I've searched through the archives and read through 605
entries concerning cron errors, 60+ of which deal with this specific error.
The responses in the archive discussed things like checking each file in
/etc/cron.daily and /etc/logrotate.conf for missing quote characters.  All
of the suggestions I found were for things I'd already looked at.

For the sake of completeness, here's my scheduled backup job file:

# Cobalt Networks
# Scheduled Backup
#
# backupset=complete
# target=complete
# protocol=ftp
# resource=username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# increment=
# scheduled=100

/usr/admserv/cgi-bin/.cobalt/backup/backup.cgi -b complete -t complete -p
ftp -r "username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -s 420  --password 'password'

I have already deleted this file and recreated it through the GUI just to be
sure it wasn't something I had inadvertently touched.

Just for chuckles I ran ./scheduled-backup.admin from the shell and I got
the exact same error 90 seconds into the backup job:

sh: unexpected EOF while looking for `''
sh: -c: line 2: syntax error

...although it doesn't kill the job.  And my backup actually completes each
night.

I can't see how the backup is related to cron or logrotate since the same
error occurs when I manually run the script.  And of course, all the script
does is run the backup.cgi script under admserv.

Does anyone have an answer for this annoying message?  I searched through
the archives for a couple of hours but was unable to find a solution that
works.

Thanks,

Steve