Multiple crontab files

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 5 May 2004, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Question ...
>
> Crontab normally runs whatever is in /etc/crontab.
>
> But if I also create /root/crontab and do "crontab /root/crontab' does
> this *replace* what it was running from /etc or is it in *addition* to?
>
> I know that a crontab for a normal user would be in addition to, but
> wasn't sure about user root.

Its in addition to on linux, AFAIK.  /etc/crontab is usually for
systemwide cronjobs that aren't tied to any particular user.  If you're
looking to create a crontab for root then do "crontab -e" as root, and
you'll get one.  I don't think that running "crontab /root/crontab" will
do anything.

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