[clue-tech] simple one-liner to add to crontab?

[Angelo Bertolli]

I guess redirects dont' work unless you have access to the full path?  
Hmmmmmmmmm

David L. Willson wrote:
> So I figured out that that works:
>
> $ echo -e "$(crontab -l)\n *   *   *   *   *  newcronjob" | crontab -
>
> Are you saying that this would work as well, and more simply?
>
> $ echo " *   *   *   *   *  newcronjob" >> /var/spool/crontabs/username
>
> Testing...  Hmm, not what I expected.  My crontab is in a slightly different location, but that doesn't matter.  What does matter is that, even though I have w to my crontab, I don't have access to the folder it's in, and I can't append to it.
>
> $ echo " *   *   *   *   *  newcronjob" >> /var/spool/cron/crontabs/dlwillson
> bash: /var/spool/cron/crontabs/dlwillson: Permission denied
>
> $ sudo ls -l /var/spool/cron/crontabs/dlwillson
> -rw------- 1 dlwillson crontab 348 2009-04-10 11:18 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/dlwillson
>
> So, I'll stick with the more complex but functional one-liner for now.
>
> David L. Willson
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> ----- "Angelo Bertolli" <angelo.bertolli at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> My cron is under /var/spool/cron/crontabs/username, and it's writable
>> by me.
>>
>>
>> David L. Willson wrote:
>>     
>>> So, there's a simple one-liner to add something to my bash profile:
>>>
>>> echo "alias rd='rdesktop -f -0'" >> ~/.bashrc
>>>
>>> Is there a similarly simple one-liner to add something my crontab?
>>>
>>> David L. Willson
>>> Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
>>> MCT, MCSE, Linux+
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>>> Freeing people from the tyranny (or whatevery) of Microsofty-ness,
>>>       
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