[Sunhelp] crontab

[Stu Slimp]

Sure, Gang.

If you remember the error message, it said, "This entry
has been ignored," referring to the entry with the unexpected
eol.  So cron still mapped all other entries.

Stu

He Gang-W1268C wrote:

> Thanks Stu.
> The empty line caused the problem.
> But I also noticed that the cron is still working even I got that error.
>
> Gang
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stu Slimp [mailto:stuslimp at technow.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 9:55 AM
> To: sunhelp at ohno.mrbill.net
> Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] crontab
>
> Double or single quotes don't make any difference; 0 or 00
> doesn't make any difference.  Did you test your suggestion?
>
> I recalled a similar error caused by having a null or empty
> line in the crontab file.  Before popping off, however, I
> tested my vague recollection by putting an empty line in
> my crontab, and got the same error.
>
> I suggest then, that you see if you have any empty lines
> in the file and remove them.  Perhaps that is the cause of
> the error message you're getting
>
> Stu Slimp
>
> Wes Hofmann wrote:
>
> > Try replacing the double-quotes (") with single-quotes ('). :)   That
> > should fix it!
> >
> > Wes
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, He Gang-W1268C wrote:
> >
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the messages about the Solaris VS SUN OS.....
> > >
> > > Now I have another question:
> > >
> > > I am testing the capability of crontab. Here is what I'v done:
> > >
> > > crontab -e
> > > 0 17 * * * /usr/bin/echo "Tome to go home!" > /dev/console
> > >
> > > I immediately got mail telling me that my crontab file has an error in
> it.
> > > unexpected end of line, This entry has been ignored.
> > >
> > > Am I missing something?
> > >
> > > I appreciate your help.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Gang He
> > > (732)743-8878
> > > w1268c at email.mot.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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