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Old 09-22-2006
Crontab Mail message

Hi

When I make change in crontab entries , I get below message as a mail. Can any one tell me what this indicates?

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From wlsdev05 Fri Sep 22 02:11:23 2006
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:11:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Geff Thomson - " <wlsdev05>
Message-Id: <200609220611.k8M6BNc10703@mfrkuxwbd01.tiginsurance.com>
To: wlsdev05
Subject: Your crontab file has an error in it
Content-Length: 1086

Your "crontab" on mfrkuxwbd01

unexpected end of line
This entry has been ignored.


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Regards
Pankaj
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Old 09-22-2006
Check the crontab file. One of the lines is either not having the right number of fields, or is malformed in some other way. Find that line and fix it.
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