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Re: crontab ?



Timo wrote:
> Yes, you are rigth, it´s not good reason to use that file. (but test)
> And  (crontab -e) uses vi editor.
> 
> crontab -l looks:
> 
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
> # (Eth0Dwn installed on Mon Jan 29 17:07:59 2001)
> # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp
> $)
> 00 21 * * *  /sbin/ifdown eth0

That's odd, actually - I'd expect to see that from 
"sudo cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/username"
but "crontab -l" normally filters all that header material.
Is it possible you've ended up with duplicate headers?
Compare the DEBIAN SPECIFIC section in "man crontab".
-- 
Justin B Rye - writing from but not for Datacash Ltd



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