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



On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 13:08 -0700, Kevin Ross wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:48:15 -0500, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
> wrote:
> > 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???
> > 
> 
> I can find no mention anywhere in this thread that says the OP put crontab 
> entries in /tmp.  The only reference to /tmp I see is the cp command
> copying 
> stuff into /tmp.  Am I missing something?

Obviously you're correct, nonetheless it's funny and I see no
response from the OP.

Siggy

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