I don't know where the file is, but you can do 'crontab -l -u root' to get
root's crontab to standard output.  Redirect that to a new file and
viola...

alex

> elemint@theriver.com wrote:
>> I backed up a server before I retired it and I wanted to view roots
>> crontab file but I am not sure where that is located, is it in /etc?
>>
>>
>> Jim
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> It is on Redhat/Fedora. Not sure about other distros.
> Note, on RH/FC, it simply points to other folders (e.g. /etc/cron.daily)
>  where the actual scripts that cron runs are located.
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