Marko Randjelovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I am not mistaken crontab -e edits root's crontab, however, > > according to me, you are looking for /etc/crontab, aren't you ? > > > > > I thaught root's crontab is /etc/crontab. Thanks. Which command then > to run to edit this file (sometime ago I read it is not recommended > to edit it directly)?
From 'man crontab' "Each user can have their own crontab, and though these are files in /var/spool/cron/crontabs, they are not intended to be edited directly." No mention about /etc/crontab. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIU you are safe to edit it. HTH, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
