Re: *no crontab prob* [Was: Inquiry: How to set the crontab job permanently]

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-07-26 02:38, Siggy Brentrup wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 05:02 +0100, hadi motamedi wrote:
> > Dear All
> > We have set a new scheduled task through crontab job list , as the
> > followings :
> > #crontab -e
> > 30 23 * * * cp ~www/db_backup/cdr/cdrFromMSC* /tmp
> > It is functioning correctly but we will loose it after server reboot . Can
> > you please let us know how we can set it permanently even after server
> > reboot ?
>
> This is *not a crontab problem* 
>
> Simply copy to a place that isn't
> cleaned up upon boot.  /tmp is intended for temporary storage, that's
> why it's called /tmp.

But who in ${DEITY}'s name puts crontab entries in /tmp???

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