On 04/23/16 09:22, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Using Russel's advice and yours above I created the crontab (using > nano) and added the following command: > > 0 3 * * * cp -auf /home/jjj/Mail /media/jjj/Data/ > > The command executed, but this morning I decided to enhance it by > adding your handy reminder and a couple additional # lines copying and > pasting your explanation of '-auf' for future reference. When I went to > save my crontab to disk (Crtl-o in nano) I noticed from the prompt that > nano wanted to write the file as: > > /tmp/crontab.2Atvun/crontab > > This puzzles me. I thought things in /tmp were only for temporary use. > Why is the file saved to /tmp? Shouldn't it be saved to someplace in ~/?
I don't know for certain, but presumably crontab does some post-processing, perhaps checking for syntax errors, then moves the file into the appropriate place. To confirm that's the case, just look for your file using sudo in the /var/spool directory that Brian mentioned. Something like: sudo ls -R /var/spool/cron/ galen -- Galen Seitz gal...@seitzassoc.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug