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Old 10-30-2008
How to remove a cron job interactively?
My application has r.cron file which removes the cron job automatically during un-installation (pkgrm). But I want to take user input to decide on the deletion of cron job. I tried to put the code (to prompt user) in r.cron itself. But it is not waiting for user input. Where can I put that code? We have a preremove script as well but that does not deal with cron job at present. We don't have a postremove script currently. Please suggest how I can make cron job removal interactive.
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