vb_backup.sh and Cron Job

[Robbob]

I hope this is in the right spot. Im trying to setup the vb_backup.sh included in the do_not_upload folder and set up a Cron job to automatically back it up for me.

But Im truly lost on what I should be doing. Ive put the vb_backup.sh in my forums root directory and changed the path to my config.php thats in Core/Includes like I believed I should.

Set the cron to run the shell file ./forums/vb_backup.sh

and I keep getting this error:

vb_dbbackup

Warning: include(..././forums/vb_backup.sh): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in phar://.../vb/vb.phar/library/cron.php on line 50 Warning: include(): Failed opening '..././forums/vb_backup.sh' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php7.4') in phar://.../vb/vb.phar/library/cron.php on line 50

Help or direction to where I can read/learn/fix?

Greatly appreciated.

[Wayne Luke]

vb_backup.sh is a command line script and isn't meant to be run from vBulletin's Scheduled Task system. vBulletin Scheduled Tasks need to be written in PHP and placed in the [var]/core/includes/cron[/core] directory.. For security purposes, you should not place the vb_backup.sh file within your public_html directory.

Normally, this is done from the command line interface using the crontab scheduler. Please see: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do...-or-unix-oses/

If you use cPanel on your server you can configure this following these instructions: https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/advanced/cron-jobs/

For Plesk see: https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/a...rontab-syntax-

For DirectAdmin see: https://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=2079

[Robbob]

Thank you for the help Wayne.