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Old 06-28-2013
Crontab issue

Hello,

I have a bash script that finds files older than 31 days and deletes them. I have this file loading into crontab to run everyday. It ran fine the first time i loaded it in, but now when I try to run it manually (bash file.sh) I get errors.

Here is the script
Code:
TIME=" -maxdepth 1 -mtime +31"
DIR="/media/ExternalArchive/"

FIND=$(find ${DIR}${TIME})

rm -r ${FIND}

This is what I am doing to add it to crontab.
"crontab -e"
(load using nano)
"0 0 * * * bash /dir/file"

This should run it every day. The error I get when I try bash file.sh is as follows.
": command not found1:
find: missing argument to `-mtime'
rm: cannot remove `\r\r': No such file or directory"

With the "command not found" error appearing multiple times. Does running it with crontab do something to the file that makes it so I cannot run it normally? Crontab is not working either, the loaded file will not execute.

Thanks
 

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bcrontab(1)						      General Commands Manual						       bcrontab(1)

NAME
bcrontab - Manage users crontab files SYNOPSIS
bcrontab [ -u user ] file bcrontab [ -u user ] { -l | -r | -e } DESCRIPTION
bcrontab interfaces with the bcron-spool daemon to manage crontab files in the privileged spool directory. OPTIONS
-u user Tell bcron-spool that we are acting on behalf of the named user. bcron-spool will only accept the username if bcrontab is running as either root or the same user ID as the named user. -l List the cronab crontab to standard output. -r Remove the user's crontab. -e Edit the current crontab. ENVIRONMENT
VISUAL If this is set, it is used as the editor to invoke to edit a crontab. EDITOR If $VISUAL is not set and this is, it is used as the editor to invoke to edit a crontab. If neither are set, /bin/vi is used. BCRON_SOCKET The path to the named socket used to communicate with bcron-spool. Defaults to /var/run/bcron-spool. LOGNAME USER These two variables are used, in order, to determine the user name invoking the program. One must be set if the -u option is not used. FILES
bcrontab tries to writes a temporary file into the current directory, and then into /tmp if that fails, in order to edit the current crontab. SEE ALSO
bcron-spool(8), crontab(5) AUTHOR
Bruce Guenter <bruceg@em.ca> bcrontab(1)
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