Title: Can't Setup Cron
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Can't Setup Cron

 *  [Christian Freeman (codelion)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takinglife2themax/)
 * (@takinglife2themax)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-setup-cron/)
 * Hi there,
 * First I want to say, I really like the functionality behind this plugin. As of
   now, I’m trying to setup Twitter syncing and so far, I’ve been able to post activity
   from my site to twitter smoothly. The issue is, none of the tweets from Twitter
   are appearing on my site.
 * I’ve realized that this is because I have yet to setup the cronjob thru cPanel,
   but when I try to create the cron, I get this error:
    “-“:1: bad command errors
   in crontab file, can’t install.
 * I contacted my webhost, and they said that cPanel is working properly after testing,
   and the issue lies with the cron command itself. The support tech mentioned that
   there appeared to be a syntax error with one of the –options in the command. 
   Can you please help me get this working? I’m planning to upgrade to the premium
   version soon, but I need to make sure that this will operate smoothly in both
   directions.
 * Thanks and keep up the good work
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddystream/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddystream/)

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 *  [quixotica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quixotica/)
 * (@quixotica)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-setup-cron/#post-4879954)
 * I have the same problem. I’ve been trying to contact support for weeks at the
   provided address with little to no response.
 * Did you ever figure out the incorrect syntax?
 *  [iamwaterboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamwaterboy/)
 * (@iamwaterboy)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-setup-cron/#post-4879968)
 * I have the same problem too.
 *  [EricaHargreave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericahargreave/)
 * (@ericahargreave)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-setup-cron/#post-4879969)
 * Also running into the same problem.

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## Tags

 * [cron](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cron/)
 * [cronjob](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cronjob/)
 * [Setup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/setup/)
 * [twitter](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/twitter/)

 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [EricaHargreave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericahargreave/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-setup-cron/#post-4879969)
 * Status: not resolved