On 31 October 2016 at 11:28, Christian Seiler <christ...@iwakd.de> wrote:
> > It looks like cron is trying to execute a comment line - and of course a > binary with the name "#Edit this file to .... " doesn't exist on your > system. (execle is one of the system calls used for executing programs.) > > Could you paste the full contents of the crontab file that contains this > entry? > > Thanks Christian. Your answer led me to the solution. Somehow a linefeed character was removed in crontab -e causing a line like this: SHELL=/bin/sh# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.# which I corrected to SHELL=/bin/sh # Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.# > Also, what implementation of cron are you using in what version? You can > get that via: > dpkg -l cronie bcron-run systemd-cron cron > (Those are the four providers of "cron-daemon" in testing at the moment.) > > I have only cron installed. Regards Johann -- Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. (Psalm 63:3)
