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Old 05-13-2013
Crontab error - bad hour
Hi All,

While setting the crontab i am getting the below error,

Code:
"/tmp/crontab.XXXXwKymEc" 156L, 15621C written
crontab: installing new crontab
"/tmp/crontab.XXXXwKymEc":74: bad hour

Please help.

Thanks
Last edited by Scott; 05-13-2013 at 11:44 AM.. Reason: Code tags
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Old 05-13-2013
Wouldn't it be useful if you posted the crontab entry as well as the error?
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Old 05-13-2013
Hi Scott,

Identified the issue, by adding a single entry one by one

Thanks
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