"Ian" <spam"AT"bathfordhill.co.uk> wrote:
>
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote in message
> cvu763$2vlt$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk">news:cvu763$2vlt$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
>> I have been struggling to set up a nightly job that backs up a portion of
> my
>> files. The following is a snippet from my crontab:
>>
>> ---
>> SHELL=/bin/sh
>> PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
>>
>> 28 4 * * * tar czvf /home/roy/Main/Transfer_Archives/rss-`date
>> +%Y-%m-%d`.tar.gz /home/roy/Main/Transfer
>> ---
>>
>> When I check the status of the task, I observe the following error:
>>
>> ---
>> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
>> /bin/sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
>> ---
>>
>> The command, however, works /fine/ when run normally in the shell.
> Removing
>> `date +%Y-%m-%d` resolves the error, but does not help me do what I
> want --
>> it overwrites an older file.
>>
>> Any help appreciated,
>>
>> Roy
>>
>> --
>> Roy Schestowitz
>> http://schestowitz.com
>
> Hi
> Got to admit i had simlar problems when running the following cron job
> as root
>
> mv /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv/Master.csv /var/cdr-rec/cdr/`date +%a%b%d%g
> -d yesterday` -f
>
> Its now part of a larger job thats in my cron.daily directory and is
> faultless... I know it doesnt help but if your distro has cron directories
> try adding the script file in there..
>
> Ian
Could it possibly have anything to do with line wrapping? I checked again
and again but no luck...
This would also explain that line of yours which appears to spill over to a
second line without closing the apostrophe...
I'll have another look. Thanks Ian.
Roy
--
Roy Schestowitz
http://schestowitz.com
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