Robert Slade kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 25. syyskuuta 2004 09:57): > My Crontab looks like this: Which crontab is this really? _Your_ crontab (the one created by running "crontab -e") or the file /etc/crontab? The syntax for these files is different. > 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 These lines are in /etc/crontab format, and are the cause of the error. > # run-tasks > 0 2 * * * /usr/bin/freshclam --quiet -l /var/log/clam-update.log > 0 3 * * * /var/qmail/bin/qmailstats 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null These are in the correct format for user crontab files Why are you including /etc/crontab lines in your personal crontab? -- Markku Kolkka markku.kolkka@xxxxxx