On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:23:58 +0100 (CET) kholloway wrote: 

n> In CF3 we use edit_files functions (or write your own) and either
n> match the cron job exactly or use regex to match for it and then
n> insert/replace.  If I go look at my crontab entry I won't see any
n> indication that CF3 put it there and manages it which sometimes
n> results in duplicates (yes I could put a comment line in above it but
n> that's even more lines of stuff to write, especially when you try to
n> clean it up later).

Hi,

I manage this by adding a fake environment variable, e.g.

* * * * * CFCRON=1 ... rest of command ...

so then you can just look for "CFCRON=1" to find the cron entries you
added (and use delete_lines on them with insert_lines).  That is nicely
convergent and preserves comments, etc.

Ted
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