On Sat, 18 May 2002 16:57, Miark wrote: > I have the following entry in my crontab to run every morning: > > 05 03 * * * tar -czf /backup/`date +%a`_www_backup.tar.gz /www > > But it's apparently _not_ doing it. However > > * Crond is running. > * Other entries in the crontab are being performed. > * Running the command manually works fine: > tar -czf /backup/`date +%a`_www_backup.tar.gz /www > > What's the problem here? > > tia, > Miark
Miark, this one has been sitting around for a while with no replies (that i've seen). I can't fathom it either. Lack of experience with cron. But you say it works manually so: - Set it up as a script. - Test it by running the script. - If that works try getting cron to run the script instead of executing the command direct. Just a thought. -- Michael
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