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

From: Bill Marcum (bmarcum_at_iglou.com)
Date: 02/22/04

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    Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:59:06 -0500
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    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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