Vince; sudo crontab -e is exactly what I have done. Following is the snip 
(email redacted)  from the nano editor before I hit "control O" to save (it 
says it will be saved in /etc/crontab.xxxxxx/crontab) and then rebooted.



I assume that the 35 20 * * * will run the top command at 35 minutes after 
8 pm local time. I would also assume that it is not UTC as the Pi is on 
local time. If these assumptions are correct the file should have been 
written to /etc at 8:35:00PM, but it was not.

The problem I am having (and I have looked in a LOT of places including 
edx) is that none have answered this question: once I save the crontab, why 
does a "new" one come up rather than the edited version when I run sudo 
crontab -e again? If I go (as root)  to /etc/crontab.xxxxxx/crontab and 
open crontab with nano the lines I incorporated are not there. Since this 
is happening I can only figure that my edits are not sticking. So, trust me 
when I say that I have been going at this for quite a while before I 
thought of bringing it here.

Steve

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