Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:28:37 +0200 From: Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org> To: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>, Karl Vogel <vogelke+unix@pobox.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: location of user crontab files? Message-ID: <4A829955.30504@isafeelin.org> In-Reply-To: <20090812093114.GB88171@ei.bzerk.org> References: <4d4e09680908110750s68cb93c3r1cad8277012920d5@mail.gmail.com> <20090811232108.584B6B7B6@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> <20090812093114.GB88171@ei.bzerk.org>
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Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 07:21:08PM -0400, Karl Vogel typed: >>>> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:50:54 -0400, >>>> Identry <identry@gmail.com> said: >> I> Where are user crontab files stored in the file system? I want to make >> I> sure this info is backed up. >> >> They're in /var/cron/tabs. If you're using individual crontab files, >> be sure to rename /etc/crontab or you might have duplicated cronjobs >> running simultaneously. > > I don't think this is sound advise. Leaving /etc/crontab (the system crontab) to do > the system maintenance jobs it is supposed to do and putting additional scripts and > jobs in user tabs is normal practice and won't cause any problems. I've learned not to touch /etc/crontab at all. Saves some time during upgrades/mergemaster. -- Frederique
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