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   noel to Rich   
   Re: cron uses old content/doesn't find f   
   23 Mar 25 18:55:50   
   
   From: deletethis@invalid.lan   
      
   On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 15:25:39 +0000, Rich wrote:   
      
      
   >   
   > If you just directly edit the file on disk, you have changed the file on   
   > disk, but the running deamon will still have in memory a copy of the old   
   > file before you edited it.   
      
   nods   
      
      
      
   if logged in as marco: crontab -e  <--- *always*, don't pico/vi/   
   mcedit/... whatever   
      
      
   if logged in as root:  crontab -e -u marco   
      
      
   * * * * * /usr/bin/logger test  > /dev/null 2>&1   
      
         (... spam the log with "test" every minute)   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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