Markus Schönhaber wrote on 11/7/25 9:41 AM:
So, from crontab's point of view the process it started (/usr/bin/kate) has terminated and, since the user hasn't had the chance to do some actual editing, the file-to-be-edited is unchanged. And that's what crontab tells you.
Man, talk about making things over-complicated (and, hence, fragile). Thank you so much for your (and other people's) explanation of what is going on.
OK, so I have ditched kate completely for this purpose and switched to joe, at least for now.
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