Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 13:59:49 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Mullaney <thomas@mullaney.org> To: Peter Brezny <peter@sysadmin-inc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ok guru's, this one ought to be easy, crontab -e Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012141359260.23078-100000@r2d2.mullaney.org> In-Reply-To: <002f01c06616$d1bb4a80$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>
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crontab -e modifies YOUR crontab located in /var/cron/tabs -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Thomas Mullaney email: thomas@mullaney.org Mullaney & Associates, LLP voice: (978) 433-8296 10 Herget Drive, Suite 10 fax: (978) 433-9630 Pepperell, MA 01463-1317 www: http://www.mullaney.org/~thomas ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this message express only the sender's opinion. This message does not necessarily reflect the policy or views of Mullaney & Associates, LLP. All responsibility for the statements made in this message resides solely and completely with the sender. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Peter Brezny wrote: > one command line to modify crontab given by the instructions in a port says > to use > > crontab -e > > to edit crontab. > > When I do this, a file is created /emp/crontab.PsZmn11524 > > it's a blank file and when i edit and exit, and type crontab -e again, > there's the same file i just edited, however, it doesn't appear to be > combined with the real /etc/crontab > > Could someone please tell me why the instructions don't just say to edit > /etc/crontab by hand, and what does this crontab -e command do? > > TIA > > Peter Brezny > SysAdmin Services Inc. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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