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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/9/18 1:03 PM, Ian Cameron wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 at 15:20, Jim Abernathy <<a
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2. sudo crontab -e works but since the file is controlled by
the command <br>
exclusively, you'd have to have the crontab formated line in
a file to <br>
cut and paste.<br>
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<div>You can backup and restore user crontabs, although you
should restart cron after a restore.<br>
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<div>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.:</div>
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<div>or:</div>
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<div>crontab < my-mythtv-crontab</div>
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<div>Also, you can install user crontabs as root for other
users using the -u option to the crontab command.</div>
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I left my scripts in $HOME and a copy of the file I want
copied to <br>
/etc/cron.d there as well.<br>
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<div>If it was me, I'd symlink rather than have duplicates,
but it's your system and your decision.<br>
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<div>Cheers, ian</div>
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<p>Thanks, good information.</p>
<p>Jim A</p>
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