>>>>> "Arun" == Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Arun> The following works fine from the CLI: # /usr/bin/killall -9
Arun> wget && echo "It is `date +'%a %R'`, all wget jobs
Arun> terminated... "
Arun> but gives me error when invoked from /etc/crontab (the entry
Arun> is one line though it appears in 2 lines due to auto
Arun> wrapping in the MUA):
Arun> 59 09 * * 1-6 root /usr/bin/killall -9 wget && echo "It is
Arun> `date +'%a %R'`, all wget jobs terminated... "
% translates to the newline character in crontabs. Escape it with \
if you want a literal % character.
-- Raju
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