On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 02:57:01PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Marko Randjelovic <marel@sbb.co.yu> wrote: > > > > If I am not mistaken crontab -e edits root's crontab, however, > > > according to me, you are looking for /etc/crontab, aren't you ? > > > > > > > > I thaught root's crontab is /etc/crontab. Thanks. Which command then > > to run to edit this file (sometime ago I read it is not recommended > > to edit it directly)? > > From 'man crontab' > > "Each user can have their own crontab, and though these are files > in /var/spool/cron/crontabs, they are not intended to be edited > directly." > > No mention about /etc/crontab. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but > AFAIU you are safe to edit it. From 'man /etc/crontab' : # /etc/crontab: system‐wide crontab # Unlike any other crontab you don’t have to run the ‘crontab’ # command to install the new version when you edit this file # and files in /etc/cron.d. These files also have username fields, # that none of the other crontabs do. It seems you can do it ! -- Franck Joncourt http://www.debian.org http://smhteam.info/wiki/ GPG server : pgpkeys.mit.edu Fingerprint : C10E D1D0 EF70 0A2A CACF 9A3C C490 534E 75C0 89FE
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