hi, i am using a sh machine

i have try to use crontab to work like this,

45 13 * * * say 'Hello' > /dev/console


but it does not work and in the mail it keep showing

[unexpected end of line. this entry has been ignored.]


my program should run at a specified time and after the program run finish, it should show a messege on the screen saying it had finish running the program.

Can anyone help me with this problem???

thank you

"unexpected end of line" is due to blank lines in your crontab
Include the path to your "say" script
Redirect stdout and stderr to a log file that can be inspected later
45 13 * * * /ckng/scripts/say 'Hello' >/ckng/scripts/say.log 2>&1

hi,
i have try ur way, but it still gives me the same result.

hi,
i am using the say command to show a "hello" on the monitor screen. it means that at 13:45 there will be a messege on my screen showing the word "hello".