You need to add/use the full PATH to the program you want to run.
3 3 * * * \
/path/to/tar cfCz /root/backups/htdocs-`date +%F`.tgz /var/www/htdocs .
On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Alexander Farber wrote:
Hello,
could someone please advise me, why would
my tar-command work fine on the command line:
hXXXXXX:afarber {272} sudo tar cfCz /root/backups/htdocs-`date
+%F`.tgz /var/www/htdocs .
hXXXXXX:afarber {273} sudo ls -l /root/backups
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1087070 Oct 6 14:43 htdocs-2006-10-06.tgz
But fails in the root's crontab:
h754814:afarber {274} sudo crontab -l
Thank you
Alex
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Date: Oct 6, 2006 3:03 AM
Subject: Cron <root@h754814> tar cfCz /root/backups/htdocs-`date +
To: root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
/bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
/bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
