From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 12 10:28:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E81721065672 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:28:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frederique@isafeelin.org) Received: from srv0008.pine.nl (srv0008.pine.nl [213.156.9.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A84BB8FC49 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:28:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by srv0008.pine.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FE8A3A39AF; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:28:42 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pine.nl Received: from srv0008.pine.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (srv0008.pine.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id KnEpQk1OccN8; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:28:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fileserver.pine.nl (unknown [77.163.240.244]) by srv0008.pine.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B5B23A39F6; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:28:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from freelt.pine.nl (unknown [172.16.0.46]) by fileserver.pine.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51546130EA4; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:28:37 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4A829955.30504@isafeelin.org> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:28:37 +0200 From: Frederique Rijsdijk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ruben de Groot , Karl Vogel , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4d4e09680908110750s68cb93c3r1cad8277012920d5@mail.gmail.com> <20090811232108.584B6B7B6@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> <20090812093114.GB88171@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20090812093114.GB88171@ei.bzerk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: location of user crontab files? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:28:44 -0000 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 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