Merge pull request #10 from fauust/add-cron-output-option

Add an option for cron loggin

README.md

@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ mariadb_backup_db_cron_min: 50
 mariadb_backup_db_cron_hour: 00
 mariadb_backup_db_dir: /mnt/backup
 mariadb_backup_db_rotation: 15
+# set to "1>" to get only STDERR on cron
+mariadb_backup_cron_std_output: "2>&1 | tee"
 
 # name of the database to dump
 # (mandatory if mariadb_backup_db is set to true)

defaults/main.yml

@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ mariadb_backup_db_cron_min: 50
 mariadb_backup_db_cron_hour: 00
 mariadb_backup_db_dir: /opt/backup
 mariadb_backup_db_rotation: 15
+# set to "1>" to get only STDERR on cron
+mariadb_backup_cron_std_output: "2>&1 | tee"
 
 # DB to backup
 mariadb_backup_db_name: []

tasks/backup.yml

@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@
       -d \"{{ mariadb_backup_db_dir }}\" \
       -l \"{{ mariadb_backup_db_name|join(',') }}\" \
       -k {{ mariadb_backup_db_rotation }} \
-      >{{ mariadb_backup_db_dir }}/mariadb_dump_db.log 2>&1"
+      {{ mariadb_backup_cron_std_output }} {{ mariadb_backup_db_dir }}/mariadb_dump_db.log"
     cron_file: mariadb_dump_db
     user: root