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Re: Trouble creating crontab
Ralph Hempel wrote:
> Will Parsons wrote:
>
>>>>> Is there no way of just creating the file without using crontab -e?
>>>> Sure. I've been editing crontabs for years and have never once used
>>>> crontab -e. What I do:
>>>>
>>>> crontab -l > crontab.lst edit crontab.lst crontab crontab.lst
>>> I always just use the toggle switches on the front panel of my computer.
>>>
>>> Much easier.
>>
>> Was that really necessary? The procedure I use may very well be easier
>> than figuring out the right thing to do to invoke one's editor of choice
>> with the -e option. In my case, I prefer to explicitly to export the
>> crontab table into a file so that I can put it into revision control. At
>> any rate, answering an explicit question from the OP hardly deserves a
>> display of sarcasm.
>
> Honestly, can we please not have every "sarcastic" answer interpreted
> as a personal slight?
And it wasn't? You could have fooled me.
> It actually takes time and effort to compose some of these funny
> responses, and the world would be a much nicer place if we all
> had at least a small sense of humour.
Perhaps I missed the humorous tone in the response. All I saw was a
contemptuous putdown of what I considered a reasonable answer to a
question.
> Many of us work from home (or in some other form of isolation) and
> this is the closest we get to a watercooler to exchange jabs and
> establish some kind of rapport.
>
> This morning I practically emptied a mouthful of coffee at one
> of Dave Korn's divertimenti, and now I've lost the better
> part of a glass of beer. I'll have to hire a cleaning service if this
> keeps up.
I hope you had a good laugh.
--
Will
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