On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 at 12:06, Andrey Repin via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > 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. > > <snip> > > Is there a way around it that does not involve replacing crontab tool with my > own script that has no such issue?
I don't have a solution that's not essentially your own script, but FWIW if you install the moreutils package, the following Bash one-liner will do the job and is what I use: crontab -l | tail +4 | vipe | crontab - I haven't bothered writing this as a script, and just have it in memory as the command to use. Or, more accurately, the above without the `tail` part, as I use Vim as my editor and just enter "d3d" as soon as the window launches. If I were going to write a script, though, I'd include that to save those extra three keystrokes… -- 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
