[Gllug] Cron error

[Ian Northeast]

Dylan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have the following two lines in my crontab (excuse wrapping):
> 
> 05 3  * * * root  /srv/nfs/data/install/patcher.sh 
> 
>>/srv/nfs/data/install/patcherlog_`date +%F` 2>&1

(snip)

"%" is meaningful in a crontab entry and has to be escaped with a "\" if 
you really mean a "%". See man 5 crontab.

Regards, Ian

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