Joseph wrote:
> I'm trying to backup crontab from various boxes to files, so I'm using
> (run once a month) 11 01 * * 5 crontab -l >
> /home/joseph/business/backup/crontabs/syscon7_joseph_crontab
>
> but I can from bash: cannot overwrite existing file
>
>From "man bash":
Redirecting Output
...
If the redirection operator is >, and the noclobber option to the
set builtin has been enabled, the redirection will fail if the file
whose name results from the expansion of word exists and is a regu‐
lar file. If the redirection operator is >|, or the redirection
operator is > and the noclobber option to the set builtin command
is not enabled, the redirection is attempted even if the file named
by word exists.
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Jouni
