corwin@polari.UUCP (Don Glover) (02/05/90)
I have the following line in my root crontab file: 1 2 * * * cat -s /dev/clock >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0; /etc/setclock 'date +\%m\%d\%H\%M\%y' from which I am the following mail and a core file: setclock: bad conversion. ************************************************* Cron: The previous message is the standard output and standard error of one of your cron commands. can someone tell me why? Thanx in advance.