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This will edit the user crontab, and ensure that changes are notified to the crond daemon. | This will edit the user crontab, and ensure that changes are notified to the crond daemon. | ||
== Crontab Debugging == | |||
* When debugging crontab scripts, *make sure* that the script runs OK first. Run it as it would be loaded from the crontab daemon, and verify that no problems occur. | |||
Revision as of 12:43, 10 August 2007
Crontab Editing
- You should not edit by hand /etc/crontab. This system wide file may not even exist (on Gentoo it does not exist for example). Instead use
crontab -e u username
This will edit the user crontab, and ensure that changes are notified to the crond daemon.
Crontab Debugging
- When debugging crontab scripts, *make sure* that the script runs OK first. Run it as it would be loaded from the crontab daemon, and verify that no problems occur.