On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:30:50PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 04:45:06PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > | On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 08:22:43AM -0800, David wrote: > | > 12 8 * * * tar -cf /lin2/backup_deb_`date +%m%d%y` /home /etc /var/www > | > > | > I keep getting the following error message in my mailbox from cron: > | > > | > /bin/sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``' > | > /bin/sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file > | > > | > What am I doing wrong? > | > > | > I was able to run the cron job without the time stamp, but now I really > | > would like to add it and I don't seem to be having much luck. I think > | > its the backtics that are giving me the problem. > | > | No, it's the percent signs, which are special in crontabs. See 'man 5 > | crontab' and search for %. > | > | Try this instead: > | > | 12 8 * * * tar -cf /lin2/backup_deb_`date +\%m\%d\%y` /home /etc /var/www > > See crontab(5). '%' is an end-of-command delimiter in cron jobs. > This is why it needs to be escaped. > > -D > > -- > If you want to know what God thinks about money, > just look at the people He gives it to. > -- Old Irish Saying > > www: http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/ jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks to all. That must have been it. -david -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
