On Tuesday 10 April 2007 21:18, Pueblo Native wrote: > dwain wrote: > > On Tuesday 10 April 2007 20:55, John Andersen wrote: > >> On Tuesday 10 April 2007, G.T.Smith wrote: > >>>> There is no reason to make it executable. > >>>> Any text file will do. It can be located anywhere. > >>> > >>> Surely some mistake here, the root cron file in the example would have > >>> to executed to so needs execute rights :-) ... To be honest reply is a > >>> bit ambiguous..., but the original suggestion is wildly off the mark > >>> ... > >> > >> No the root cron file is not executable. > >> Nor it is executed. > >> It is merely read by cron and the tasks listed therein are performed > >> per schedule. > >> > >> man cron > >> man crontab > > > > I just signed in as root and did crontab -e and there was the code. it > > says it's in the tmp/crontab directory. Is this correct? > > > > BTW, thanks for the information. > > > > Dwain > > It's there until you actually save the changes. And it's the semi-colon > key, not the colon as I said (my mistake). Hit shift, then the colon, > semi-colon, and it will save the file.
How do I edit this file to be able to save it as you say? Would you also
please write the save command?
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Dwain Alford
P.O. Box 145
Winfield, Alabama 35594
telephone: 205.487.2570
cellphone: 205.495.5619
"The artist may use any form which his expression demands;
for his inner impulse must find suitable expression."
Wassily Kandinsky, "Concerning The Spiritual In Art"
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