[Techtalk] Newbie & crontab

[Conor Daly]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 01:03:01PM +0000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Conor Daly thought:
> 
> In the meantime, to get you started:
> Try creating a script with your command in it like this:
> 
> o echo "#!/bin/bash" > myscript
> o echo $PATH >> myscript
> o vi myscript

ICK!! Got that wrong!  It's more like this:

o echo '#!/bin/bash' > myscript
o echo "PATH="$PATH >> myscript
o vi myscript

Note the use of single quotes rather than double and the "PATH=$PATH"
rather than just $PATH

Conor
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