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title: Linux Crontab

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# Linux Crontab

## Python-Crontab
- Install ```pip install python-crontab```

### Create
```python=
from crontab import CronTab

cron = CronTab(user='nafeem_haque')
job = cron.new(command='cd && echo hello_world > checktest.txt', comment="id1-xxyyzz")
job.minute.every(1)
cron.write()

print(cron)
```

### Update
```python=
from crontab import CronTab

cron = CronTab(user='nafeem_haque')
print(cron)

for job in cron:
    if job.comment == 'id1-xxyyzz':
        job.command = 'cd && echo hello_world12 > checktest.txt'
        cron.write()

print(cron)        
```

### Remove
```python=
from crontab import CronTab

cron = CronTab(user='nafeem_haque')
print(cron)

for job in cron:
    if job.comment == 'id1-xxyyzz':
        cron.remove(job)
        cron.write()

print(cron) 
```

#### Supports
- Single User
- Global
- Find By Comment
- Find By Time Format

#### Works
- By Creating Temp File
- Then Move

## Crontab 

#### Supports
- Writes it to tmp file
- Checks if correct
- Then moves it to location


## Crontabs-Evatix
- Supports Global
- Issue With Single User (Update File OwnerShip)
    - Writing Works
    - Issue With Updating
- Supports Line Editing
- Supports Exact Match Editing
- Can be upgraded


## Options To Solve
1. Remove Entirely And Create
2. Current With Issue
    - If Non Existent
        - Touch
        - Write
        - Change Ownership
        - Chmod 600
    - If Exists
        - Change Ownership (Issue Here) 
        - Write
        - Change Ownership Back.
3. Write To Temp File Then Move (Need Implementation)

```
sudo crontab -u b abc.txt
```