From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 20:50:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F25E316A421 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:50:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brandonh@hotandcold.biz) Received: from mail.themarcomgroup.com (207-114-172-156.gen.twtelecom.net [207.114.172.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B195543D6B for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:50:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brandonh@hotandcold.biz) Received: (qmail 11242 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2005 20:50:27 -0000 Received: from adsl-71-132-117-69.dsl.bkfd14.pacbell.net (HELO BrandonH) (71.132.117.69) by mail.themarcomgroup.com with SMTP; 3 Nov 2005 20:50:27 -0000 From: "Brandon Hinesley" To: "'DAve'" Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:51:28 -0800 Organization: Advanced Mechanical Systems, Inc. Message-ID: <000e01c5e0b8$5e9bf2d0$6800a8c0@BrandonH> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcXgtloWkkeAMw6JSOO8PknmfU0pmgAAQQCg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: <436A74E3.2010804@pixelhammer.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Cron Job will not run. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:50:37 -0000 Well that's embarrassing. Good eye, thank you. Still not working though. -----Original Message----- From: DAve [mailto:dave.list@pixelhammer.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 12:37 PM To: Brandon Hinesley Subject: Re: Cron Job will not run. Brandon Hinesley wrote: > Here's a copy of my backup script: > -------------------- > root@server# cat /usr/local/Backup/scripts/bkup-daily > #/bin/sh > ##########Initialization########## > #--Initialize variables--# Quick quess? the shebang line is wrong. Try this, #!/bin/sh You need the exclamation point to tell the interpreter to execute the script with the appropriate shell. DAve