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Old 05-15-2008
new crontab for new user
Hi All,

I am user of partcular user of alinux machine. I want have some cronjobs to be done by machine. But i don't have crontab file for me. However i do have crontab installed as /usr/bin/crontab.

Could anyone please suggest how to creat a new cron file for a user? Any help will be highly appreciated.

Regards,
Yogender
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Old 05-15-2008
this would help you
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Old 05-15-2008
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Originally Posted by Yogesh Sawant
this would help you
Hi Yogesh,

I am not the root. I want to have my own crontabfile.. what sould i do as i am not able to creat a new crontab file.

Regards,
Yogender
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Old 05-15-2008
Did you read the link? In particular https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-que...cron-info.html would seem suitable.
 
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