Re: crontab

On a sunny day (22 Dec 2006 02:14:02 -0800) it happened
"suzan.james@xxxxxxxxx" <suzan.james@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<1166782442.156883.98590@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Thanks. I knew I can use crontab -e but ow can I save it and exit?
I did not find any resource on web. I can only use ctrl-z but it
terminates the editor

Just as root use:

crontab -l > myconfig

Then use any editor to edit 'myconfig'.

(I use joe as editor, vi sucks, joe is a full screen editor).

<space for flames>

then reload crontab:
crontab myconfig

Now you can put myconfig wherever it is _you_ like by specifying the full path.

<space for flames>

LOL
Works for me :-)

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