Crontab changes not working
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I recently made some changes to my crontab, added some new entries and activated one disabled (commented) entry. However, the new changes that I made were not triggered and the crontab functioned as it was in the previous state, although the crontab shows the changes made to it.
One more thing, i also edited the crontab file of root user in my "/var/spool/cron" folder. I think it has something to do with it.
linux cron suse
asked Dec 10 at 8:14
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I recently made some changes to my crontab, added some new entries and activated one disabled (commented) entry. However, the new changes that I made were not triggered and the crontab functioned as it was in the previous state, although the crontab shows the changes made to it.
One more thing, i also edited the crontab file of root user in my "/var/spool/cron" folder. I think it has something to do with it.
linux cron suse
asked Dec 10 at 8:14
Faisal Abbas
31
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I recently made some changes to my crontab, added some new entries and activated one disabled (commented) entry. However, the new changes that I made were not triggered and the crontab functioned as it was in the previous state, although the crontab shows the changes made to it.
One more thing, i also edited the crontab file of root user in my "/var/spool/cron" folder. I think it has something to do with it.
linux cron suse
asked Dec 10 at 8:14
Faisal Abbas
31
I recently made some changes to my crontab, added some new entries and activated one disabled (commented) entry. However, the new changes that I made were not triggered and the crontab functioned as it was in the previous state, although the crontab shows the changes made to it.
One more thing, i also edited the crontab file of root user in my "/var/spool/cron" folder. I think it has something to do with it.
linux cron suse
linux cron suse
asked Dec 10 at 8:14
Faisal Abbas
31
asked Dec 10 at 8:14
Faisal Abbas
31
asked Dec 10 at 8:14
Faisal Abbas
31
asked Dec 10 at 8:14
Faisal Abbas
31
asked Dec 10 at 8:14
Faisal Abbas
31
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To edit a crontab file, always use crontab -e. If you want to edit the crontab of the root user, use sudo crontab -e.
Changing the files under the crontab spool directory is definitely not advised. Editing via crontab -e additionally informs the cron daemon that the crontab needs to be re-read. This may not otherwise happen.
Related:
- Can I manually create and edit `/var/spool/cron/crontabs/t` without `crontab -e`?
answered Dec 10 at 8:19
Kusalananda
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So now what do I have do? I should also mention that I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" afterwards. Will this be enough for the changes to take effect?
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:45
@FaisalAbbas Editing the crontab withcrontab -ewill ensure that the changes take effect. If you have any errors in the crontab, then this may cause the jobs to fail (and an error message to be emailed to the owner of the crontab), but you never showed what your crontab looked like so I couldn't really comment on that.
– Kusalananda
Dec 10 at 8:48
I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" and the job worked well. Thanks!
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:50
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To edit a crontab file, always use crontab -e. If you want to edit the crontab of the root user, use sudo crontab -e.
Changing the files under the crontab spool directory is definitely not advised. Editing via crontab -e additionally informs the cron daemon that the crontab needs to be re-read. This may not otherwise happen.
Related:
- Can I manually create and edit `/var/spool/cron/crontabs/t` without `crontab -e`?
answered Dec 10 at 8:19
Kusalananda
121k16226370
So now what do I have do? I should also mention that I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" afterwards. Will this be enough for the changes to take effect?
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:45
@FaisalAbbas Editing the crontab withcrontab -ewill ensure that the changes take effect. If you have any errors in the crontab, then this may cause the jobs to fail (and an error message to be emailed to the owner of the crontab), but you never showed what your crontab looked like so I couldn't really comment on that.
– Kusalananda
Dec 10 at 8:48
I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" and the job worked well. Thanks!
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:50
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
To edit a crontab file, always use crontab -e. If you want to edit the crontab of the root user, use sudo crontab -e.
Changing the files under the crontab spool directory is definitely not advised. Editing via crontab -e additionally informs the cron daemon that the crontab needs to be re-read. This may not otherwise happen.
Related:
- Can I manually create and edit `/var/spool/cron/crontabs/t` without `crontab -e`?
answered Dec 10 at 8:19
Kusalananda
121k16226370
So now what do I have do? I should also mention that I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" afterwards. Will this be enough for the changes to take effect?
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:45
@FaisalAbbas Editing the crontab withcrontab -ewill ensure that the changes take effect. If you have any errors in the crontab, then this may cause the jobs to fail (and an error message to be emailed to the owner of the crontab), but you never showed what your crontab looked like so I couldn't really comment on that.
– Kusalananda
Dec 10 at 8:48
I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" and the job worked well. Thanks!
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:50
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
To edit a crontab file, always use crontab -e. If you want to edit the crontab of the root user, use sudo crontab -e.
Changing the files under the crontab spool directory is definitely not advised. Editing via crontab -e additionally informs the cron daemon that the crontab needs to be re-read. This may not otherwise happen.
Related:
- Can I manually create and edit `/var/spool/cron/crontabs/t` without `crontab -e`?
answered Dec 10 at 8:19
Kusalananda
121k16226370
To edit a crontab file, always use crontab -e. If you want to edit the crontab of the root user, use sudo crontab -e.
Changing the files under the crontab spool directory is definitely not advised. Editing via crontab -e additionally informs the cron daemon that the crontab needs to be re-read. This may not otherwise happen.
Related:
- Can I manually create and edit `/var/spool/cron/crontabs/t` without `crontab -e`?
answered Dec 10 at 8:19
Kusalananda
121k16226370
answered Dec 10 at 8:19
Kusalananda
121k16226370
answered Dec 10 at 8:19
Kusalananda
121k16226370
answered Dec 10 at 8:19
Kusalananda
121k16226370
121k16226370
So now what do I have do? I should also mention that I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" afterwards. Will this be enough for the changes to take effect?
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:45
@FaisalAbbas Editing the crontab withcrontab -ewill ensure that the changes take effect. If you have any errors in the crontab, then this may cause the jobs to fail (and an error message to be emailed to the owner of the crontab), but you never showed what your crontab looked like so I couldn't really comment on that.
– Kusalananda
Dec 10 at 8:48
I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" and the job worked well. Thanks!
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:50
add a comment |
So now what do I have do? I should also mention that I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" afterwards. Will this be enough for the changes to take effect?
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:45
@FaisalAbbas Editing the crontab withcrontab -ewill ensure that the changes take effect. If you have any errors in the crontab, then this may cause the jobs to fail (and an error message to be emailed to the owner of the crontab), but you never showed what your crontab looked like so I couldn't really comment on that.
– Kusalananda
Dec 10 at 8:48
I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" and the job worked well. Thanks!
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:50
So now what do I have do? I should also mention that I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" afterwards. Will this be enough for the changes to take effect?
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:45
So now what do I have do? I should also mention that I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" afterwards. Will this be enough for the changes to take effect?
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:45
@FaisalAbbas Editing the crontab with
crontab -e will ensure that the changes take effect. If you have any errors in the crontab, then this may cause the jobs to fail (and an error message to be emailed to the owner of the crontab), but you never showed what your crontab looked like so I couldn't really comment on that.– Kusalananda
Dec 10 at 8:48
@FaisalAbbas Editing the crontab with
crontab -e will ensure that the changes take effect. If you have any errors in the crontab, then this may cause the jobs to fail (and an error message to be emailed to the owner of the crontab), but you never showed what your crontab looked like so I couldn't really comment on that.– Kusalananda
Dec 10 at 8:48
I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" and the job worked well. Thanks!
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:50
I edited the crontab with "crontab -e" and the job worked well. Thanks!
– Faisal Abbas
Dec 10 at 8:50
add a comment |
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