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Re: [LUG] Crontab sanity check
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] Crontab sanity check
- From: Martijn Grooten <sweetwatergeek@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:33:41 +0100
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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Philip Hudson wrote:
> You must use:
>
> crontab -e
>
> For root crontab:
> sudo crontab -e
Or, if you want to use /etc/crontab add the user name before the command, e.g.
1 23 * * * root /opt/cronjob/startme
1 7 * * * root /opt/cronjob/stopme
At least, that's what /etc/crontab on my Ubuntu suggests; I always use
crontab -e myself.
Martijn.
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