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Subject: Command doesn't run from Crontab ?
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Hi,

I have setup this command to run nightly via a crontab.  It works
fine from the root shell  (tcsh) but doesn't seem to run from the
crontab:

/bin/cp /etc/master.passwd /etc/master.passwd_backup_`/bin/date +%Y%m%d`

It's got something to do with the backticks but I can't find a way
around it..  Can anyone help?

Thanks.