Michael Tinsay wrote:

/bin/echo test >> /[path tp file]/`/bin/date
--date=yesterday "+%B_%Y"`_sample.txt

worked for me...



--- mike t.

--- Mhac Janapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I tried it myself and found the same results. I even
included the full path
in my crontab.
I found a way to work around that. What I did is
wrote that down to a
script, say log.sh, and then call log.sh from cron.
Bulkier, but it works.

HTH

On 2/22/06, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Make sure that the PATH= line includes the right
folders.  Or better yet, use full path in your
crontab
entry.


--- mike t.


--- JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

hi,

     i executed this and it works... but when I
placed
it as a scheduled task
(cron) hmm no result..


echo test >> `date --date=yesterday
"+%B_%Y"`_sample.txt

tia,
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By the way in addition to the question, I can't seem to find a way to cron btdownloadcurses. I even used the "at" command but with no results. :-\
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