cp /data/freenas-v1.db "/mnt/Ark/Jim/configbak/`date '+\%Y\%m\%d'`.db"
Well, at least that works. Thanks.For now, if you want this to work, you can put your command in a script and execute the script with the cron ;)
The command alone, in shell or SSH, works fine.
Putting it in the cron dialog and clicking "Run Now" also works.
The only thing that doesn't work is when the cron task runs automatically.
Obviously this is something to do with my own system since others don't seem to have this issue. Now I have the command in a script and the cron job calls the script. That seems to work.