crontab -l output to file

Question

I want to be able to output my current crontab to a file, in order to check and append it automatically.

crontab -l > somefile

creates an empty file. There must be a simple way of doing this, right?

Michael Krelin - hacker · Answer 1 · 2011-11-11 15:21:17Z

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This is the correct way, could it be that you have empty crontab? :)

answered Nov 11 '11 at 15:21

	Gah, you're right! I thought that when I ran the command that the message crontab usually returns (stating no crontab for <user>) would appear. – radpotato Nov 11 '11 at 15:26
	For that to happen you'd need to redirect standard error too. – Michael Krelin - hacker Nov 11 '11 at 15:27
	(But you probably don't want it, I see no reason why would you) – Michael Krelin - hacker Nov 11 '11 at 15:28

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