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March 25, 2015 19:13
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backup crontab to a file!
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| # make a file, call it backupcron.cron | |
| # make sure it's executable (chmod +x backupcron.cron) | |
| # put just this line in it | |
| crontab -l > /users/a/r/areagan/crontab.out |
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| # then add this line to the crontab itself (via crontab -e) | |
| 0 * * * * /users/a/r/areagan/backupcron.cron | |
| # phew, take a sign of relief, your crontab is now saved in a file |
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of course, change the directory!