X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_73,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Will Parsons Subject: Re: Trouble creating crontab Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:19:10 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 45 Message-ID: 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> Reply-To: ellenophilos@yahoo.com User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) X-IsSubscribed: yes 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? And it wasn't? You could have fooled me. > It actually takes time and effort to compose some of these funny > responses, and the world would be a much nicer place if we all > had at least a small sense of humour. Perhaps I missed the humorous tone in the response. All I saw was a contemptuous putdown of what I considered a reasonable answer to a question. > Many of us work from home (or in some other form of isolation) and > this is the closest we get to a watercooler to exchange jabs and > establish some kind of rapport. > > This morning I practically emptied a mouthful of coffee at one > of Dave Korn's divertimenti, and now I've lost the better > part of a glass of beer. I'll have to hire a cleaning service if this > keeps up. I hope you had a good laugh. -- Will -- 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