<> == Why does my crontab job fail? 0 0 * * * some command > /var/log/mylog.`date +%Y%m%d` == In many versions of {{{crontab}}}, the percent sign (%) is treated specially, and therefore must be escaped with backslashes: {{{ 0 0 * * * some_user some_command >"/var/log/mylog.$(date '+\%Y\%m\%d')" }}} See your system's manual ({{{crontab(5)}}} or {{{crontab(1)}}}) for details. ''Note: on systems which split the {{{crontab}}} manual into two parts, you may have to type {{{man 5 crontab}}} or {{{man -s 5 crontab}}} to read the part you need.'' ---- CategoryShell