Adding a job to crontab via shell script


 
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Old 10-27-2009
Adding a job to crontab via shell script

Is it possible to add a job to crontab with a shell script? The existing jobs in the crontab should exist as it was. The new job should be appended.
Also, the crontab file is /var/spool/cron/root.
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Old 10-27-2009
Add your line with echo and redirection (>>) to the crontab file and restart/reload cron.
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