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Syntax checking in crontab
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 2006-01-04 16:04:25 

  


  

    Just a guess, but... lines in unix text files must all end in a newline. 
If you edited the crontab in Windows, it may have left off the final newline 
unless you specifically hit Enter at the end of the last line. 




  

  

  From: 
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  [mailto:perl-unix-users-bounceslistserv.ActiveState.com] On Behalf Of 
  Arijit Das
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:39 
  AM
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Subject: [Perl-unix-users] 
  Syntax checking in crontab 


  

  
Appologies for asking this question in a Perl forum..But I 
  expect lots of UNIX experts here...so am posting this question.

  
 

  
Is there a way I can have the syntax of my crontab file checked in a 
  Solaris System?

  
 

  
Basically, I have a crontab file which looks perfect to 
  me syntactically but I get mails saying that:

  
 

  
Your "crontab" on abhay2

  
 

  
 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
!

  
unexpected end of line

  
 

  
Here is the content of my crontab file:

  
abhay2>; crontab -l
## Added for testing if Syncing happens properly 
  for Regressions testcases with new script
00 20 * * * 
  /u/regress/INFRA_HOME/perforce/SyncSnapshots.csh -regr -b VCS7_1 -r 
  /u/regress/p4_snapshots/nightly71 -l /u/regress/perforce/Regress/71sync.log 
  ...

  
 

  
04 20 * * * /u/regress/INFRA_HOME/perforce/Regress/syncSnapshots -r 
  72

  
## New Crons for Syncing Causes Files
20 20 * * * 
  /u/regress/INFRA_HOME/perforce/SyncSnapshots.csh -regr -b TD -r 
  /u/regress/p4_snapshots/Causes/TD -l 
  /u/regress/perforce/Regress/Causes_TD_sync.log CausesDir/...
20 20 * * * 
  /u/regress/INFRA_HOME/perforce/SyncSnapshots.csh -regr -b VCS7_1 -r 
  /u/regress/p4_snapshots/Causes/VCS7_1 -l /u/regress/perf## Added for testing 
  if Syncing happens properly for Regressions testcases with new 
script

  
 

  
Anybody faced this before...?

  
 

  
Thanks,

  
Arijit

  

  

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