Re: Can't get this crontab entry to work

2003-12-16 Thread David
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:30:50PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 04:45:06PM +, 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 gettin

Re: Can't get this crontab entry to work

2003-12-16 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 04:45:06PM +, 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: lin

Re: Can't get this crontab entry to work

2003-12-16 Thread Colin Watson
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

Can't get this crontab entry to work

2003-12-16 Thread David
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 w