My thanks to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Arthur H. Johnson II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for helping to alleviate my stupidity. ;-) It seems that crond was tripping over the % rather than the +:
>actually its the % that crond is interpreting as newline. use >/usr/local/sbin/backup.bash "`date +\%Y-\%m-\%d`" Fri Another good suggestion that I hadn't thought of involved exporting the date as a variable: # twords beginning of file export DATE=`date +%Y%m%d` Thanks for the quick replies! -Eric Eric Sisler Applications Specialist Westminster Public Library Westminster, CO USA Linux - Don't fear the Penguin. Want to know what we use Linux for? Visit http://gromit.westminster.lib.co.us/linux _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
