-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark Haney wrote: > 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. > > The only DUMB question is the one that never gets asked. Your not DUMB or an IDIOT for asking. - -James -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGycmJkNLDmnu1kSkRApojAJ9otS8RdKPBlbhYytNUwj7BqpajJgCdFU2T O9vCT1CcqOqT4s/JiwIsxvk= =Yga5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Scanned by ClamAV - http://www.clamav.net
