Re: Re[2]: [Repost] F-prot update cron script fails

[Bill Marcum <bmarcum@iglou.com>]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 02:38:37PM +0100, VSJ wrote:
> Hi Edward, 
> 
> I've copied your cron script, replacing the
> existing /etc/cron.d/f-prot-installer, but I still get the following
> messages by e-mail at 4:27 and 16:27:
> 
> Subject: 
> Cron <root@P1> root if [ -x /usr/lib/f-prot/tools/check-updates ];
> then /usr/lib/f-prot/tools/check-updates -cron -quiet; fi
> 
> Message body:
> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `then'
> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: `root if [ -x /usr/lib/f-prot/tools/check-updates ];
> then /usr/lib/f-prot/tools/check-updates -cron -quiet; fi'
> 
> I give up! But thanks for your reply,
> 
Did you add that to /etc/crontab, or did you do "crontab -e"?
/etc/crontab:
minute hour day month day-of-week user command

other crontab files (edited with "crontab -e"):
minute hour day month day-of-week command

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