John Horne wrote: > On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 12:42 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: >> I have a strange problem I can't seem to figure out. Maybe it's the >> newbie in me. Below I have the following running in a cron job: >> >> mail -s "LDM missing files totals: LDM1 `date +%D`" .... >> >> Now, from bash this works perfectly, I get the date and everything. But >> from cron I get this: >> >>> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``' >>> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file >> Can someone explain to me why? >> > Put a backslash (\) before the percent sign in your cron job. It needs > escaping; this has caught me out several times :-) > > So, try: > > mail -s "LDM missing files totals: LDM1 `date +\%D`" > > > > John. > I'm an idiot. I /should/ have seen that a week ago. Thanks. Ignore the pinhead in the corner. -- Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support
