On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 03:17:13AM +0000, BlueRibbon wrote:
> Hi!
> I have this line on my crontab:
> */5 * * * * /usr/bin/fetchmail -a -s -m "/usr/bin/procmail -d \%T"
> 

Try it without the '\' character.  Mine doesn't have that, and it works.

- PK

> But when the cron tries to run the job, it gives me the following error 
> (by mail):
> 
> sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
> sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> fetchmail: SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket error
> fetchmail: socket error while fetching from pop.netcabo.pt
> fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
> sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
> sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> fetchmail: MDA returned nonzero status 2
> sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
> sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> fetchmail: SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket error
> fetchmail: socket error while fetching from pop.netcabo.pt
> fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
> 
> What's wrong with that line to make this prob happen?
> Thanx
> 
> 
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