Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 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
Moe, Peter, Nix,
That was exactly it. Thank you all very much.
Roy
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Roy Schestowitz
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