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Old 02-16-2009
crontab : bad minute error

when i say
$crontab z
it says ==>
"z":6: bad minute
"z":6: bad minute
errors in crontab file, can't install.



any clue why its happening?
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Old 02-16-2009
crontab entry is wrong.

Can you please post the crontab entry ?
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