If so, you can get a "copy" of your crontab file by doing crontab -l. Pipe that to a file to get a "backup": crontab -l > my-crontab Then you can edit that my-crontab file to add or modify entries, and then …

Dec 6, 2011 · Although very rare, sometimes cron stops working properly even though the service is running. Here is how to verify that crond is running and stop/start the service. Using systemctl: …

Apr 16, 2015 · crontab -e lets you edit your user crontab without sudo. The user crontabs are in /var/spool/cron/crontabs which is a directory that cannot be accessed without superuser permission …

Aug 16, 2010 · I want to schedule a task to run on a regular basis and have heard that Cron is the way to do this. How do I add Cron jobs in Ubuntu?

crontab -r This removes the entire crontab file for current user so be careful if you've got other cron jobs listed in there! Add/Edit/Delete cron job (s) Your user's cron file crontab -e Specific user's cron file …

Jan 24, 2011 · Often, crontab scripts are not executed on schedule or as expected. There are numerous reasons for that: wrong crontab notation permissions problem environment variables This community …

Actually, the best way to use crontab is by using crontab itself: crontab -l # list current crontab entries crontab -e # edit the cron table As soon as you finish editing the crontab (via 'crontab -e'), it is …

sudo crontab -e so you can edit the crontab for the root user. If you feel better doing it graphically you can install from the Software Center gnome-schedule. If you want to modify the gnome-schedule for …

Mar 7, 2013 · 10 I have this line in my crontab file */1 * * * * espeak 'foo' && espeak 'bar' But only half of it, first command gets executed every minute. While when I write this in the terminal it works like a …

Feb 12, 2014 · I tried to set up a root cron job to run a Bash script as root, to run at minute 7,37, every hour, every day of month, every month. This script is located in /usr/bin and named tunlrupdate.sh. It …