On 07/30/2011 10:07 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > hello list!! > > I'm attempting to find out why this cron job isn't running. the host is centos 5.6 on i386 just so you know. > > > 0 3 * * * /bin/alldb> /home/bluethundr/backupdb/alldb-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%S).sql > However I do see the job is running in the cron logs > > > [root at VIRTCENT09:/home/bluethundr/backupdb] #tail /var/log/cron > Jul 30 22:59:01 VIRTCENT09 crond[8007]: (root) CMD (/bin/alldb> /home/bluethundr/backupdb/alldb-$(date +) From `man 5 crontab`: The entire command portion of the line, up to a newline or % character, will be executed by /bin/sh or by the shell specified in the SHELL vari- able of the cronfile. Percent-signs (%) in the command, unless escaped with backslash (\), will be changed into newline characters, and all data after the first % will be sent to the command as standard input. -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it.