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Re: [PLUG] crontab entry not working
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 03:17:01PM -0400, Rupert Heesom wrote:
> On 18 Apr 2001 13:02:23 -0700, Alex Barylo wrote:
> > Yes, it is. For cron it means that the next line is a
> > continuation of the current one. If I'm not mistaken. Put
> > %% to get %
>
> Thanks for your quick reply, Alex. However when I tried the suggested
> command -
>
>
> */2 * * * * touch $(date +%%a-%%e-%%m)
>
>
> the same error msg appeared in my mail.
Replace %% with \%
> Where can I find documentation on doing crontab stuff? I looked at the
> man & info pages for "crontab", but they just talked about how to
> execute the "crontab" command.
apropos crontab reveals two man pages -- one in section 1 for the
command itself, and another in section 5 describing the syntax for the
crontab file. man 5 crontab has all the information you need.
Walt
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