Le ven. 23 nov. 2012 10:52:50 CET, Mihamina Rakotomandimby a écrit: > Hi all > > I have a '/etc/cron.daily/push-to-backup' script which the content is: > > #!/bin/bash > /usr/bin/rsync [... long options line ...] > echo "finished pushing to the backup" > > Launched manually, it's OK. > > Waiting for cron to execute it, > In the "/var/log/cron", I see the starting time and the finish time, and > I see it take about 10 minutes to make the job. That's very fine, it's > the expected executioon time > ... Compare the execution time to the timeout option of your smtp server. I don't know about exim, but on my postfix I added : smtpd_timeout = 30m Another possibility is to "spool" the mail, something like : rsync ...options... 2>&1 > LOGFILE echo -e "finished pushing to the backup \n$LOGFILE" hth, -- Philippe Naudin UMR MISTEA : Mathématiques, Informatique et STatistique pour l'Environnement et l'Agronomie INRA, bâtiment 29 - 2 place Viala - 34060 Montpellier cedex 2 tél: 04.99.61.26.34, fax: 04.99.61.29.03, mél: naudin at supagro.inra.fr