On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 01:04:35PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > Hello, > > I have a cron script and a line: > > ... wget ... -O ~/Base$(data +%H%M).gif > > and I get the error > > /bin/sh: -c: line1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)' > /bin/sh: -c: line2: syntax error: unexpected end of file > > I am guessing that because I am running bash via cron that I am missing > slashes or I need to enclose the command in quotes? > > How do I fix this?
'%' is no good in crontabs, they get changed to newline. You need to use '\%'. Try 'man 5 crontab' > > Lance > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]