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Quote or double quote error in crontab



In crontab, I have:
00 01   * * 1-7 root    /usr/bin/sarg -f /etc/squid/sarg-diario.conf -d `(date --date "1 day ago" +%d/%m/%Y)`-`(date --date "1 day ago" +%d/%m/%Y)`
 
And this line generate the following message:

From x@x.net Sun Apr 22 01:00:01 2007
Envelope-to: x@x.net
Delivery-date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:00:01 -0300
From: x@x.net (Cron Daemon)
To: x@x.net
Subject: Cron <x@xr> /usr/bin/sarg -f /etc/squid/sarg-diario.conf -d `(date --date "1 day ago" +
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/x>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=x>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:00:01 -0300
 
/bin/sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
/bin/sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
 
 
When I execute this exact line in the prompt there is no error message. The command is executed perfectly.
 
How can I solve this problem?
 

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