Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 07:21:08PM -0400, Karl Vogel typed: >>>> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:50:54 -0400, >>>> Identry <iden...@gmail.com> said: >> I> Where are user crontab files stored in the file system? I want to make >> I> sure this info is backed up. >> >> They're in /var/cron/tabs. If you're using individual crontab files, >> be sure to rename /etc/crontab or you might have duplicated cronjobs >> running simultaneously. > > I don't think this is sound advise. Leaving /etc/crontab (the system crontab) > to do > the system maintenance jobs it is supposed to do and putting additional > scripts and > jobs in user tabs is normal practice and won't cause any problems.
I've learned not to touch /etc/crontab at all. Saves some time during upgrades/mergemaster. -- Frederique _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
