hi,madhvi!
I'm wondering maybe you forget to add you name before shell command.
50 15 30 * * /scripts/backup/monthly.sh
^_^
I don't know what version of linux are you using.I use 7.3 and 7.2,I've added
one line to my crontab file and it work fine:-)
[root@linux etc]# cat crontab
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/
# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
0-59/5 * * * * root /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg
00 12 * * * huter /usr/local/bin/backup
[root@linux etc]# cat /usr/local/bin/backup
tar c /usr/local/var/users/* /usr/local/var/charinfo/* /usr/local/var/charsave/* |
ncftpput -c -uhuter -pmypasswd ftp.xtu.edu.cn huter/backup.tar
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