A better approach would be to add a file to /etc/cron.d That way you can add/remove change without affecting other cron jobs or risk losing your change when the system crontab is overwritten/cleaned. Regards Bram Mazda Motor Logistics Europe NV, Blaasveldstraat 162, B-2830 Willebroek VAT BE 0406.024.281, RPR Mechelen, ING 310-0092504-52, IBAN : BE64 3100 0925 0452, SWIFT : BBRUBEBB -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Slackli User Sent: vrijdag 11 september 2009 3:43 To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: crontab automatically Hello, Is it possible to add a crontab entry automatically using a shell script? Thanks. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list