Problem with crontab

UNIX AIX
1

Hi,

Can anyone let me know the functionality of the following command in Unix

crontab ;l

Thanks,
Wajith.M

2

It serves no purpose - has no useful meaning.

Do you mean

crontab -l

?

man crontab
3

scottn,

I would say, that's not entirely correct - if he issues the above command he has had a crontab - only the 'l' will give an error - the crontab command itself will work properly - deleting the crontab for the corresponding user entirely. BTW one of the most common problems my users have - the crontab disappears into nowhere ... and I am wondering since ages when IBM will finally fix the syntax of this command :slight_smile:

Kind regards
zxmaus

4

Hi zx.

You're right. I was trying to establish if that was the intended command, as the one given **generally** makes little sense.

MfG,

Scott.