Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 13:47:23 -0500 (EST) From: David Raistrick <keen@damoe.wireless-isp.net> 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.4.21.0012141345450.16611-100000@damoe.wireless-isp.net> In-Reply-To: <002f01c06616$d1bb4a80$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Peter Brezny wrote: > 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? Sure. crontab -e edits the crontab for the user, not the system cron in /etc/crontab. see /var/crontabs/username for the one you are working with. And there is some big tado about not editing it by hand, I presume it has something to do with a hashed database somewhere. later...david -- David Raistrick Digital Wireless Communications davidr@dwcinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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