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crontab file
martin / # cat /tmp/crontest
* * * * * root logger "CRONTEST"
martin / #
martin / # crontab /tmp/crontest
martin / #
martin / # tail -F /var/log/syslog | grep "CRONTEST"
Apr 25 14:33:01 martin CRON[12350]: (root) CMD (root logger "CRONTEST")
Apr 25 14:34:01 martin CRON[12472]: (root) CMD (root logger "CRONTEST")
^C
martin / #
martin / # echo '* * * * * root logger "CRONTEST_123"' > /tmp/crontest
martin / #
martin / # cat /tmp/crontest
* * * * * root logger "CRONTEST_123"
martin / #
martin / # crontab /tmp/crontest
martin / #
martin / # tail -F /var/log/syslog | grep "CRONTEST"
Apr 25 14:39:01 martin CRON[12806]: (root) CMD (root logger "CRONTEST_123")
Apr 25 14:40:01 martin CRON[12861]: (root) CMD (root logger "CRONTEST_123")
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