On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 01:56:02PM +0000, Justin B Rye wrote: > This is a strange way to want to set a crontab...
Actually, considering that it's how crontab expects to work if no flags are given, I suspect that `crontab <filename>` is the most historically standard/ normal way to use it. > "man crontab" > seems to say it'll work, but the file might need to be executable or > something. No, it doesn't need to be anything special. > Why do you want to do this anyway? Isn't it simpler to edit the > crontab directly with "crontab -e"? Don't know if it's why the OP was doing it this way but potato's elvis returns an exit status of 1 even if it exits cleanly. crontab sees this, assumes an error, and doesn't update anything. So, if elvis is your default editor, `crontab -e` doesn't work. (This has been fixed in woody.) -- SGI products are used to create the 'Bugs' that entertain us in theatres and at home. - SGI job posting Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+
