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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
