From: Skulley, William (William.Skulley@rfets.gov)
Date: Tue Jun 04 2002 - 15:29:38 EDT
I have a cronjob:
0 0 * * * script.ksh arg1 arg2.`date +%y%m%d`
arg2 is an output filename. When run from cron, the file comes out "arg2."
with no date information tacked on. Running the exact same command line
from a shell (sh) prompt gets the date information properly (filename
arg2.020604). I get the following mail from cron:
*************************************************
Cron: The previous message is the standard output
and standard error of the following crontab command:
script.ksh arg1 arg2.`date +
If I add double quotes and change the cron entry to:
0 0 * * * "script.ksh arg1 arg2.`date +%y%m%d`"
the job does not run and I get the following mail from cron:
sh: script.ksh arg1 arg2.: not found
*************************************************
Cron: The previous message is the standard output
and standard error of the following crontab command:
"script.ksh arg1 arg2.`date +
What am I missing? I'm sure its something really obvious and silly but I
can't for the life of me see it.
Thanks
Bill Skulley
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