how to add stuff to crontab without using crontab -e

[Jorge Fábregas]

On Sunday 12 April 2009 11:23:57 pm Antonio Olivares wrote:
> I want to know if it is possible to edit/append to crontab without using
> crontab -e

Well, what you edit with "crontab -e" is finally stored in:

/var/spool/cron/root

Thast's the file you are looking for.  Of course, make sure your syntax is 
correct because that's one of the things "crontab -e" does (it validates your 
input crontab-wise).

HTH,
Jorge