Greetings, All! I'm trying to install a new cron job, and the thing fails claiming that it didn't see the edits I made to the file.
>> # echo "USER=$USER" | crontab - >> >> # crontab -l >> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. >> # (- installed on Sat Jul 6 13:35:43 2024) >> # (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42 vixie Exp >> $) >> USER=anrdaemon >> >> # crontab -e >> ### do some edits… >> crontab: no changes made to crontab Piping a new file to the crontab works, but that's "slightly" cumbersome. What is it missing why it does not want to just work? -- Few moments later… --- It seems crontab dislikes safe file writes. >> $ stat x > 1; nano x; stat x > 2; diff -u0 1 2 >> --- 1 2024-07-06 13:44:36.448756500 +0300 >> +++ 2 2024-07-06 13:44:46.793312000 +0300 >> @@ -5,3 +5,3 @@ >> -Access: 2024-07-06 13:43:53.343129900 +0300 >> -Modify: 2024-07-06 13:41:09.178803500 +0300 >> -Change: 2024-07-06 13:41:09.178803500 +0300 >> +Access: 2024-07-06 13:44:46.174586500 +0300 >> +Modify: 2024-07-06 13:44:45.168108900 +0300 >> +Change: 2024-07-06 13:44:45.168108900 +0300 >> >> $ stat x > 1; $EDITOR x; stat x > 2; diff -u0 1 2 >> --- 1 2024-07-06 13:46:31.604731900 +0300 >> +++ 2 2024-07-06 13:46:37.348451500 +0300 >> @@ -3 +3 @@ >> -Device: 30371,22662 Inode: 65020719620177911 Links: 1 >> +Device: 30371,22662 Inode: 65302194596888567 Links: 1 >> @@ -5,3 +5,3 @@ >> -Access: 2024-07-06 13:44:46.792312100 +0300 >> -Modify: 2024-07-06 13:44:45.168108900 +0300 >> -Change: 2024-07-06 13:44:45.168108900 +0300 >> +Access: 2024-07-06 13:46:35.198257000 +0300 >> +Modify: 2024-07-06 13:46:35.194253600 +0300 >> +Change: 2024-07-06 13:46:35.200254300 +0300 Is there a way around it that does not involve replacing crontab tool with my own script that has no such issue? -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Saturday, July 6, 2024 13:34:34 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
