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[jcr]

Hello.
I am using the /etc/crontab files and it works well.
I'd like to add the content of the file located at
/test/crontab
to each time cron runs.

Is there a way to register that /test/crontab? Should I add a special line to the /etc/crontab to call a the /test/crontab file as well? I am not sure what to do and I don't want to break anything.

Thank you

[petrh]

Hello,

from man:

Quote: cron also reads /etc/crontab, which is in a slightly different format (see crontab(5)). Additionally, cron reads the files in /etc/cron.d: it treats the files in /etc/cron.d as in the same way as the /etc/crontab file (they follow the special format of that file, i.e. they include the user field).

So you can:
1. place your other crontabs to /etc/cron.d
2. symlink /test/crontab to /etc/cron.d/, for ex. ln -s /test/crontab /etc/cron.d/mynewcrontab

Petr

[SteveG]

Special note: both the symlink itself and the target must be owned by root.

[jcr]

Thank you very much; it solves my problem