From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 18:08:55 2003 Return-Path: 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 DE8EF37B401 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:08:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.qcislands.net (mail.qcislands.net [209.53.238.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7122E43FBD for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:08:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paz@qcislands.net) Received: from [209.53.238.10] (helo=auth.qcislands.net) by mail.qcislands.net with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19jqJs-000KIL-6B for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2003 18:08:56 -0700 Received: from paz by auth.qcislands.net with local (Exim 4.20) id 19jqJr-00092k-US for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2003 18:08:55 -0700 Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:08:55 -0700 From: Jim Pazarena To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030805010855.GA34731@qcislands.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-local_scan: locally submitted X-local_scan: locally submitted (10) Subject: cron question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 01:08:56 -0000 I am trying to grep for a record from a crob job... the entry looks like this: 58 23 * * * grep `date "+%Y-%m-%d "` /log/fylename | mail admin cron complains: Syntax error: EOF in backquote substitution could someone enlighten me please? -- Jim Pazarena Box 550 mailto:paz@qcislands.net Queen Charlotte BC http://www.qcislands.net/paz CANADA V0T 1S0 phone:250 559 7777