> So, now I read oracle's email.... > Right: > cron env is /bin/sh; and my backup script has #!/bin/bash as the first line, of course, so that's the shell environment. > > /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `&' > /bin/sh: -c: line 1: `/home/oracle/dbbackup.sh >> /opt/oracle/backup/backup.log 2>>&1' > > So it's a syntax error in the crontab entry... but *why*? > Ok, just went into Bourne, and it doesn't like 2>>&1. So, a simple question: won't it toast backup.log if I don't do that as an append - that is, if I do 2>&1, instead of 2>>&1? I think it should be alright with 2>&1. You're using >> to append to the backup.log previous to that and 2>&1 will just made stderr go to stdout... Give it a try and see. Ray -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
