Re: Upgraded Emacs, can't change crontab

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From: Steve Wainstead
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:53

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korthals@inserttwcny.rr.com wrote:

> 
> You could try doing it another way.
> crontab -l >mycron
> then edit mycron with emacs and 
> crontab mycron
> to install it.
> 

This has the added advantage that you can keep your crontab in CVS, if 
you use it, and you can easily edit the crontab from shell mode (unless 
you use the emacsclient/server setup, I use both and am twice as happy.)

~swain

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