[net.unix] Help with nice in crontab

john@sol1.UUCP (john) (11/24/85)

Could someone please tell me how to 'nice' a command which is executed
within crontab?

I keep getting the output "no directory or command +20" in cronlog.

My crontab entry looks like:

0 5 * * * /bin/nice +20 command

I've tried various combinations of quotes but I still get the same error.

Thanks in advance.....


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david@cdp.UUCP (12/01/85)

cron is using sh to execute your commands.  not csh.

try nice -19.

david stone