X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_73,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A5FB423.90609@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:13:39 +0100 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Trouble creating crontab References: <87skgwy4rb.fsf@gmail.com> <4A5F5A73.1070708@cygwin.com> <87ocrky34v.fsf@gmail.com> <4A5F5EDD.4080001@cygwin.com> <87k528y1nb.fsf@gmail.com> <20090716215248.GA28657@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4A5FAAA7.1060600@bmts.com> In-Reply-To: <4A5FAAA7.1060600@bmts.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple