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Cron not seeming to be working?

Hi

Crond is started and won't execute my crontab...

I used cron -e to create a new one for my own login to execute this little prog I wrote:

Code:

# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.

# (/tmp/crontab.1344 installed on Sat Nov 22 17:43:28 2003)

# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $)

SHELL=/bin/bash

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin

MAILTO=Andy

HOME=/home/Andy



45 * * * * /home/Andy/ogl/polyhedrons/platonic5/gourpoly

But it just ain't havin' it. According to the RH manual user crontabs have the same format as /etc/crontab, but according to the crontab manual the format is different...

I tried it both ways but no success...

Anyone know what i'm doing wrong?

Oops: i used crontab -e to create it...

I don't beleive you can use variables at the top of the file. Crontab only allows commands.

remove the :
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
MAILTO=Andy
HOME=/home/Andy

and put it in the top of your script.