Re: restoring crontab file

Quoting techsupport@resultsnow.com:

> 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...

or cello or violin!

how 'bout voila!;-)
>
> 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?
> >>
> >>
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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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