Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:40:55 +0000 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: scripting crontab entries Message-ID: <1108546855.23699.320.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com>
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I want to be able to update a user's crontab from a script. tabs in /var/cron/tabs carry a warning that the file should not be edited directly, so presumably something like #echo "5 * * * * /some/script.sh" >> /var/cron/tabs/$USER is the wrong approach. Is the right approach: #cat ~/.mycrontab 5 * * * * /some/script.sh #crontab ~/.mycrontab The right way to go? I notice this approach blows away existing crontab entries, and was hoping to be able to append new ones instead, but then by treating ~/.mycrontab as the master file, I can manage this OK. TIA. Peter.
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