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Old 06-12-2009, 01:46 AM   #1
kumartnj
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Question copy or backup crontab

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How to copy or backup the crontab file.please someone help me on this.

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-Kumar
 
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Old 06-12-2009, 02:10 AM   #2
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crontab -l > $(date +%Y%m%d).crontab
 
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Old 07-18-2014, 07:46 PM   #3
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colucix, when I execute that command with a sudo prefix, I get the message:

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no crontab for root
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Old 07-19-2014, 07:02 PM   #4
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then there is no cron set for root. not a big deal
 
  


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