location of user crontab files?

[Frederique Rijsdijk]

Ruben de Groot wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 07:21:08PM -0400, Karl Vogel typed:
>>>> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:50:54 -0400, 
>>>> Identry <identry at gmail.com> said:
>> I> Where are user crontab files stored in the file system?  I want to make
>> I> sure this info is backed up.
>>
>>    They're in /var/cron/tabs.  If you're using individual crontab files,
>>    be sure to rename /etc/crontab or you might have duplicated cronjobs
>>    running simultaneously.
> 
> I don't think this is sound advise. Leaving /etc/crontab (the system crontab) to do
> the system maintenance jobs it is supposed to do and putting additional scripts and 
> jobs in user tabs is normal practice and won't cause any problems.

I've learned not to touch /etc/crontab at all. Saves some time during
upgrades/mergemaster.


-- Frederique