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Old 07-01-2005
crontab: error on previous line; number out of bounds.

Hi,

I am trying to set up a cron job for every Friday at 6:00 p.m. and got an error:

"/var/tmp/aaaa29638" 1 line, 73 characters
00 18 00 0 5 /app/test/backup.ksh
crontab: error on previous line; number out of bounds.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
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Old 07-01-2005
00 18 * * 5 /app/test/backup.ksh
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