Crontab -e gives me error messages
- by DNA
I get a bunch of error messages when I run crontab -e
Here are the error messages.
And here is my crontab file under `/usr/bin/':
# /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab
# Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab'
# command to install the new version when you edit this file
# and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields,
# that none of the other crontabs do.
SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
# m h dom mon dow user command
17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )
30 * * * * root rsync /home/dnaneet/Downloads/*.pdf /home/dnaneet/Downloads/pdfs/
#
I notice that the last task ('rsync') NEVER RUNS! Why is this happening? What did I do wrong?
Running Ubuntu 11.10/Bash.
I have read this... Am I missing a shebang? And I don't know if my anacron jobs run.
Edit 1
In light of Masi's comment, I commented out lines 17 thru 25 of my crontab file with #.
Now when I run sudo crontab -e, all I get is:
/usr/bin/crontab: 11: 17: not found
/usr/bin/crontab: 12: 25: not found
(gedit:4301): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create
file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.GOHVBW': No such file or
directory
(gedit:4301): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or
directory
What in the world?
