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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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