Re: Cronjob

Well, no, it isn't.

I didn't realize that particular peculiarity of -e.

The problem with crontab -e is that it's too easy to remove jobs accidentally, with no record of it.

Myself, I use:

  co -l crontab.txt
  crontab -l > test.txt
  diff crontab.txt test.txt # proceed if there are no differences   vi crontab.txt
  crontab crontab.txt
  ci -u crontab.txt # only if previous command was successful

Jared

On Wednesday 24 April 2002 15:23, Sherman, Edward wrote:
> If you crontab -e and a job is scheduled to run during the time that you
> are editing, then the job doesn't execute while you are editing. No jobs
> will execute while you're in crontab -e. Even if you :w your changes. No
> cronjobs will execute while the editor is open so don't forget to close
> that editor when you finish.
>
> I learned this from experience (HP-UX)
>
> Final Answer!
>
> Just guessing though.
> Is that what you're lookin fer?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> crontab -e is bad!
>
> 1000 points if you can figure out why.
> ( guess I'm watching too much 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?" )
>
> Jared
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> crontab -e
>
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, bill thater wrote:
> > Roland.Skoldblom_at_ica.se wrote:
> > > Anyone whom can tell me how to delete a job that is created by
>
> crontab.
>
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
> > > Roland
> >
> > man crontab
> >
> >
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