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Date:      Wed, 22 May 1996 08:36:46 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        dan@dpcsys.com (Dan Busarow)
Cc:        edmond@UWYO.EDU, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CRON: it loves me
Message-ID:  <199605220636.IAA13184@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.91.960521180508.7873B-100000@cedb> from Dan Busarow at "May 21, 96 06:08:40 pm"

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It seems that Dan Busarow said:
> My root file in /var/cron/tabs works fine, and so does /etc/crontabs.
> 
> I'm used to running crontab -e and it doesn't seem to hurt anything, even
> if you are root.  On 2.1R

You're    not  supposed to  have    a  cron  file   for  "root" except  for
/etc/crontab... Or  you have to   be careful  of  what  you put  in  either
one. They do not have the same format. 

That's not to say you can't do it. It is just  that it is not the preferred
way.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT    -=- The daemon is FREE! -=-    roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #2: Fri May 10 21:09:14 MET DST 1996



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