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  1. Bug #872552
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 872552

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Aaron Cossey (aaron-cossey) wrote :

No the single quote is there, but sh is cutting off the command and not getting to it. Precisly as you said, if the last sleep is not there, sh will reach the closing ' and execute the command successfully.

I've

The command in crontab:
dash -c '/bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1'

The error output:
dash -c '/bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 && /bin/sleep 1 &

/bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string