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RE: [cobalt-users] Crontab Editing Question



> This may sound like a silly question, but what is the 
> difference between editing your crontab (/etc/crontab) via 
> your fav text editor -vs- doing it by issuing "crontab -e"..?
> 
> I'm just curious as to if using the "-e" option is
> better/more proper, or if it really matters..?
> 

If it works, it works. The other method for a user crontab is uploading
a .txt file and issuing as that user: crontab file.txt.
-- 
C2003 Dan Kriwitsky

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