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Old 08-18-2005
Crontab backup

I have three users on my server
a) root
b) oracle
c) download

i want to take backup of cron for everyuser everyday. Is there any way to schedule this process.
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Old 08-18-2005
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CRONTAB(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual CRONTAB(1)

NAME
crontab
-- maintain crontab files for individual users (V3)
SYNOPSIS
crontab
[-u user] file
crontab [-u user] { -l | -r | -e }
... Did you try crontab(1)?
# 3  
Old 08-18-2005
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Originally Posted by blackeyed
I have three users on my server
a) root
b) oracle
c) download

i want to take backup of cron for everyuser everyday. Is there any way to schedule this process.
Have you thought of scheduling a cron job for this?
# 4  
Old 08-22-2005
crontab backup

you can edit crontab file >(crontab -e) command...but if you want to take oracle backup you must stop oracle after start backup...are your backup ufsdump backup???
# 5  
Old 08-22-2005
I think that the OP wants to backup the crontab files for every user every day. This would be as simple as doing a 'cp -p' of the crontab files. Use the following script:

Code:
today=$(date +%Y%m%d)
mkdir /some_backup_dir/$today
cp -p /var/spool/cron/crontabs/* /some_backup_dir/$today

Maintain the following cron entry in root's crontab:

00 01 * * * /full_path_of_script/whatever_you_call_this_script
 
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