[ale] cron vs. command line

[dchambers at snapserver.com (Denny Chambers)]

Hi All,

	I have put together a simple backup script to back up my home directory 
on my development box. I have it scheduled to run in a cron job. The 
problem is that what I tested on the command line, does not work in the 
cron job. I am sure I am missing something simple here.

Here is the crontab entry:
5 0 * * *       $HOME/bin/backup.sh >> 
$HOME/logs/backuplog-${HOSTNAME}-$(date +%m-%d-%y).log 2>&1


here is the error i get in my inbox:
Subject: Cron <dchambers at honeybee> $HOME/bin/backup.sh >> 
$HOME/logs/backuplog-${HOSTNAME}-$(date +

/bin/sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)'
/bin/sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file


is there some thing wrong with this:$(date +%m-%d-%y)

or is there a limit on the command length in a crontab file????

Thanks,
Denny


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