[mythtv-users] crontab vs. anacron from a mythtv perspective

Jim Abernathy jfabernathy at gmail.com
Fri Nov 9 18:32:03 UTC 2018


On 11/9/18 1:03 PM, Ian Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 at 15:20, Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jfabernathy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     2. sudo crontab -e works but since the file is controlled by the
>     command
>     exclusively, you'd have to have the crontab formated line in a
>     file to
>     cut and paste.
>
>
> You can backup and restore user crontabs, although you should restart 
> cron after a restore.
>
> You don't have to copy and paste to create a crontab, you can invoke 
> the crontab command with a file name or by using stdin, i.e.:
>
> crontab my-mythtv-crontab
>
> or:
>
> crontab < my-mythtv-crontab
>
> Also, you can install user crontabs as root for other users using the 
> -u option to the crontab command.
>
>     I left my scripts in $HOME and a copy of the file I want copied to
>     /etc/cron.d there as well.
>
> If it was me, I'd symlink rather than have duplicates, but it's your 
> system and your decision.
>
> Cheers, ian


Thanks, good information.

Jim A


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