Strange cron problem

[John Beranek]

Brian Dessent wrote:
> John Beranek wrote:
> 
> 
>>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>># DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
>># (/tmp/crontab.3144 installed on Mon Sep 27 12:06:29 2004)
>># (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.7 2003/04/15 15:13:41 corinna Exp $)
>>#* * * * * echo foo
>>7 0,12 * * * * /usr/local/bin/update_cygwin_mirror
> 
> 
> Looks like you've got one too many '*', so that the command that cron is
> trying to run is actually whatever happens to be the first filename in
> the current directory.

Argh, all I can say is "Doh!". Thanks,

John.

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John Beranek                         To generalise is to be an idiot.
http://redux.org.uk/                                 -- William Blake

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