Why does this rsync command running in a cron fail?

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Why does this rsync command running in a cron fail and how to debug it and fix?

unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK && unset KRB5CCNAME && rsync -hvru -e "ssh -p 34503 -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa_rsyncBACKUP" --progress /home/kristjan/* kristjan@192.168.1.213:/BACKUP/Backup/Kundrum/ >> /home/kristjan/logs/rsyncCRON.log

$crontab -l
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# m h  dom mon dow   command
0 5 * * 1 /home/kristjan/bin/checkSystem
00 02 * * * unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK && unset KRB5CCNAME && rsync -hvru -e "ssh -p 34503 -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa_rsyncBACKUP" --progress /home/kristjan/* kristjan@192.168.1.213:/BACKUP/Backup/Kundrum/ >> /home/kristjan/logs/rsyncCRON.log
15 23 * * 7 /home/kristjan/bin/unhideCheckSystem

The error is (which I got from a email):

ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.213 port 34503: No route to host

rsync: connection unexpectedly closed
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c (235)

The command works if I run it in the shell directly.

EDIT:

from ssh file on remote = AllowUsers kristjan root and cron is run by root

EDIT:

Since posting this question I changed the command and it works that way but I'm still interested in knowing why the first didn't work.

Here is the working command in root's cron:

0 5 * * 1 /home/kristjan/bin/checkSystem
00 02 * * * unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK && unset KRB5CCNAME && rsync -hvru -e "ssh -p 34503 -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa_rsyncBACKUP" --progress /home/kristjan/* kristjan@192.168.1.213:/BACKUP/Backup/Kundrum/ | mail -s "Backup Home report for `uname -n`" myMailATTgmail.com

EDIT because of duplicate flag:

If this was a question about basically doing redirection wrong(not saying I didn't) then why this line in the original question:

The command works if I run it in the shell directly.

@JeffSchaller no such directory or file, my system is Debian Stretch all updates — somethingSomething, Apr 20 '19 at 04:00
In a previous comment, you first said that you got a "no such file or directory" error. That error should have included 1) what program generated it, and 2) what file was not found. Could you say something about this? — Kusalananda, Apr 20 '19 at 20:58
@Kusalananda no thats a mistake I did because I thought the comment before was asking með to check log/failure logfile — somethingSomething, Apr 20 '19 at 21:02
I'm noticing that the port number mentioned in the error is not the port number that you're trying to connect to. — Kusalananda, Apr 21 '19 at 18:28
The IP's don't line up, either; the rsync says it's connecting to 192.168.1.213 but the error message mentions 192.168.1.19. — Jeff Schaller, Apr 22 '19 at 18:32
which user of remote host is authenticated to connect from local host? which user's crontab you are running rsync from? — αғsнιη, Apr 23 '19 at 15:14
@αғsнιη from ssh file on remote = AllowUsers kristjan root and cron is run by root — somethingSomething, Apr 26 '19 at 06:44
Possible duplicate of How to redirect output to a file from within cron? — thecarpy, May 07 '19 at 12:01
The possible duplicate is asking about output redirection using Bash-specific operators in a cron job. However, this question is not using Bash-isms, just the regular POSIX append operator, >>. — Anthony Geoghegan, May 08 '19 at 10:47

Why does this rsync command running in a cron fail?

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