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From: Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: crontab backup
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On 09/17/14 05:22, Jouni Kosonen wrote:
>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.

Yes, that worked. Thanks

-- 
Joseph