> > Hi, > > I have just figured out that there are 4 separate (types of) crontabs in > debian > > /etc/crontab > /etc/cron.d/... > /etc/cron.daily, monthly, weekly > /var/spool/crontabs/... > > but I'm none the wiser about why there are so many ways to do > such a simple > thing. Can anyone enlighten me as to which I should use when? > > many thanks > > Andy >
I don't like all the various places to put cron stuff either. I just usually do cron inside the user's crontab (/var/spool/crontab). I don't mind the /etc/cron.daily,monthly,weekly as much . You put stuff in there that you want run daily,monthly,weekly. I still pretty much stick to just crontab -e [user] though so I can see everything in one place. Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
