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hey! I Need some help for my crontab command !!! I am a new guy in linux 58 15 * * 1,2,3,4,5 tar -cvf ~/backupoftest$(date +"%Y%m%d").tar ~/test If you can ...
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  1. 02-05-2007 #1
    do1984
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    Crontab

    hey!

    I Need some help for my crontab command !!! I am a new guy in linux

    58 15 * * 1,2,3,4,5 tar -cvf ~/backupoftest$(date +"%Y%m%d").tar ~/test

    If you can help me !!! I will appreciate
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  2. 02-05-2007 #2
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    You cannot be general in cron. All commands MUST have the full path to it.
    In your case I would create a script and then call the script instead of all those commands.
    Good Luck,
    Ski
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  3. 02-05-2007 #3
    do1984
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    OK thx I will try !
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