Re: crontab and command expansion problem
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:34:06AM +0800, Isaac Claymore wrote:
> WEEK_DAY=`date +\%A`
> 30 23 * * * mount /backup && mysqldump --password=FOOBAR --all-databases > /backup/alldb-${WEEK_DAY}.sql; umount /backup
>
> It's been working on RH system, but the Debian cron keeps refusing to do command
> expansion on WEEK_DAY, i.e. the script produces a file named: alldb-`date +\%A`.sql
>
> Any hint?
A little on the simple-minded side, but have you considered just not
using the variable? I have a cron job that does
12 4 * * 2 /some/script | mail -s "Info for `date +'\%B \%-d, \%Y'`" ad@dr.ess
and it has never given me any trouble.
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