Bug#565939: cron: Cron misparses commands using `` and $() syntax

2010-01-19 Thread Justin T Pryzby
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Bug#565939: cron: Cron misparses commands using `` and $() syntax

2010-01-19 Thread v.nix.is
Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-106 Severity: important Given the following to jobs in a user's crontab: */1 * * * * echo `date +%Y-%m-%d` */1 * * * * echo $(date +%Y-%m-%d) Cron will execute this: Jan 19 21:30:01 v /USR/SBIN/CRON[8641]: (avar) CMD (echo $(date +) Jan 19 21:30:01