[Gllug] Arithmetic error in bash on 08 and 09?

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 03:28:05PM +0100, Liam Delahunty wrote:
> Here's the eight o'clock error.
> /etc/cron.hourly/check_mailscanner_spam.sh: 08: value too great for
> base (remainder of expression is "08")

08 is an invalid octal number.  You need to change the script to
remove the preceeding zero, so you're calculating in decimals.

Rich.

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