I have the following crontab:
# m h dom mon dow command
* * * * * /bin/date >> /tmp/date.log 2>&1
* * * * * /bin/date "+%F_%H-%M-%S" >> /tmp/date2.log 2>&1
The first one executes correctly .. writing the current date to /tmp/date.log
The second one doesn't work. /tmp/date2.log
is never created. The only difference is that the second date command has a formatting string as parameter. Outside of the cronjob the second date command (/bin/date "+%F_%H-%M-%S"
) works fine.
What could be the reason for this behavior?
My system:
uname -a
Linux corsair 4.15.0-50-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 6 18:46:08 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa
Release: 19.1
Codename: tessa