"crontab -e username" edits the live crontab and notifies cron of the change. There is no need to restart cron.

I want to add one line to the end of my crontab using a script. I have tried piping in the editor commands, but I can't get it to work.

Crontab -e option is used to edit the crontab file. if the file already exist then it will open the existing file otherwise it will create a new file in your / ...

Try this, do a crontab -l copy and paste all content to a new file then using vi or any other editor, edit the new file to add jobs. save changes and then run ...

You can doing using perl or sed. To edit cron jobs of any user you will need to edit the file with corresponding username under /var/spool/cron.

I need to edit the crontab file so that a script is set to run at 3:00 am each day. When I telnet to the sun server and type crontab -ea black screen appears.

Hi I am new to Unix and would like some assistance. I need to edit the crontab file so that a script is set to run at 3:00 am each day. When I telnet to the sun ...

What is the best way to modify the crontab file?? Edit the file and then use crontab 'filename' ??? I do not know how to use pico editor - so I cannot ...

Hi I am new to Unix and would like some assistance. I need to edit the crontab file so that a script is set to run at 3:00 am each day. When I telnet to the sun ...

Hi Guys, I need to edit the crontab on one of my unix systems. When I execute crontab -e, nothing happens, then I get an error '666' and can't type anything ...