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Ralph Hempel wrote:
> Will Parsons wrote:
>
>>>>> Is there no way of just creating the file without using crontab -e?
>>>> Sure. I've been editing crontabs for years and have never once used
>>>> crontab -e. What I do:
>>>>
>>>> crontab -l > crontab.lst edit crontab.lst crontab crontab.lst
>>> I always just use the toggle switches on the front panel of my computer.
>>>
>>> Much easier.
>>
>> Was that really necessary? The procedure I use may very well be easier
>> than figuring out the right thing to do to invoke one's editor of choice
>> with the -e option. In my case, I prefer to explicitly to export the
>> crontab table into a file so that I can put it into revision control. At
>> any rate, answering an explicit question from the OP hardly deserves a
>> display of sarcasm.
>
> Honestly, can we please not have every "sarcastic" answer interpreted
> as a personal slight?
Hear hear! It's a bog-standard rhetorical writing technique, not a personal
attack, and anyone who takes it as such is guilty of
thinking-it's-always-about-them.
cheers,
DaveK
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