[ILUG] cron: error: bad hour

[Chris Boyd]

Debian Etch 4.0. I was trying to get a script to run from crontab. I've
edited it several times and now cron doesn't seem to be running. I'm getting
the following from syslog:
 
Aug 13 17:22:53 usit-mail /usr/sbin/cron[15089]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd =
3)
Aug 13 17:22:53 usit-mail /usr/sbin/cron[15090]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok)
Aug 13 17:22:53 usit-mail cron[15090]: Error: bad hour; while reading
/etc/crontab
Aug 13 17:22:53 usit-mail /usr/sbin/cron[15090]: (CRON) INFO (Skipping
@reboot jobs -- not system startup)

This is my crontab...I can't see what is wrong with the syntax. Something
must be broken. 
 
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 )
#50 13  * * *   root    /usr/usitscripts/dailybackup >/dev/null 2>&1
#05 16  * * *   root    /usr/usitscripts/weeklybackup.sh >/dev/null 2>&1

 

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