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backup crontab to a file!
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backupcron.cron
# make a file, call it backupcron.cron
# make sure it's executable (chmod +x backupcron.cron)
# put just this line in it
crontab -l > /users/a/r/areagan/crontab.out
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crontab
# then add this line to the crontab itself (via crontab -e)
0 * * * * /users/a/r/areagan/backupcron.cron
# phew, take a sign of relief, your crontab is now saved in a file
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of course, change the directory!

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