[gentoo-user] Re: crontab backup

[Jouni Kosonen]

Joseph wrote:

> I'm trying to backup crontab from various boxes to files, so I'm using
> (run once a month) 11 01 * * 5 crontab -l >
> /home/joseph/business/backup/crontabs/syscon7_joseph_crontab
>
> but I can from bash: cannot overwrite existing file
>

From "man bash":

   Redirecting Output
...
       If the redirection operator is >, and the noclobber option  to  the
       set builtin has been enabled, the redirection will fail if the file
       whose name results from the expansion of word exists and is a regu‐
       lar  file.   If  the redirection operator is >|, or the redirection
       operator is > and the noclobber option to the set  builtin  command
       is not enabled, the redirection is attempted even if the file named
       by word exists.


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Jouni