Can't install CRON job

unix cron crontab cron-task
Yogzzz picture Yogzzz · Jul 3, 2012 · Viewed 13.5k times · Source

When I try installing my Cron job I get the following error:

"crontab.txt":8: premature EOF errors in crontab file, can't install

Answer

Yogzzz picture Yogzzz · Jul 3, 2012

At the end of the file, add a new blank line, and reinstall crontab crontab.txt

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