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Why would I use a daily crontab vs. simply setting up the cron entry to run every day 10 11 * * * blah blah?
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Basically, dropping a script into a directory is usually easier than editing a text file. Either way will work, though editing the crontab gives better control.
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I have accessed each of these for editing, but I am a bit confused as to which one I should be using.
I want to automate our office server's backups for once every weekday evening. Is it ok to put that in system crontab, or should I be using a user crontab?
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The major difference here is permissions. User cron jobs will run with the permissions of that user, system cron jobs (I think) run with the permissions of root.