crontab --u user file
 

i was reading a book and came accross this command. I check out the man page but I still dont understand :

So i do a :

crontab -u andrew file, then I am puzzled . What/where/how is this file located?

Thanks.

i guess i got it.

it is located at /var/spool/cron

if i want to edit andrew cron jobs, i do a :

crontab -u andrew -e

/var/spool/cron/crontabs/$user

crontab -u $user -e
or manually edit the file using your favorite editor ;)