On 01:55 08 Mar 2003, M.Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| If I run the following from the comman line, it works properly:
|
| /bin/tar czvf /root/dbman_back-`date '+%m%d%Y%H%M'`-tar.gz \
| /var/www/cgi-bin/dbman
|
| However, it I put this in my crontab, I get the following:
|
| Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /bin/tar czvf /root/dbman_back-`date '+
Your clue is that the command stops after the "+".
| X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/bash>
| X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
| X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
| X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
|
| /bin/bash: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
| /bin/bash: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
|
| I realize that cron is picky about ENV and such, but I can't see what I'm
| missing here.
Percents are special in Vixie cron crontabs. You need to slosh it:
/bin/tar czvf /root/dbman_back-`date '+\%m\%d\%Y\%H\%M'`-tar.gz
/var/www/cgi-bin/dbman
"man 5 crontab" says
The ``sixth'' field (the rest of the line) specifies the
command to be run. The entire command portion of the
line, up to a newline or % character, will be executed by
/bin/sh or by the shell specified in the SHELL variable of
the cronfile. Percent-signs (%) in the command, unless
escaped with backslash (\), will be changed into newline
characters, and all data after the first % will be sent to
the command as standard input.
Cheers,
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