[GLLUG] crontabs

Dan Nguyen nguyend7 at msu.edu
Tue Jun 10 19:44:46 EDT 2003


Probably the easiest way to do this retrieve the current crontab with
crontab -l.
Edit that file, and then run crontab on that file.


From: "Todd Torrey" <todd_torrey at hotmail.com>
To: <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 6:04 PM
Subject: [GLLUG] crontabs


> I was wondering if directly editing a crontab without using "crontab" is
> strictly prohibited.
> I want to be able to edit a crontab via a script without any user
> interaction. Is this o.k.?
> To be more specific about my intentions, I want to serve a web page
showing
> the contents of a crontab and also allow editing the crontab via a web
form.
>
> Thanks,
> Todd



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