cybershang / crontip

Crontip is a tool used for backup and install of crontab.

Crontip

Crontip is a tool used for backup and install of crontab.

Installation

You can install crontip by: pip install crontip (please use latest pip to install)

Usage

Backup the Current Crontab

1. backup into default destination

   crontip -b or crontip --backup

   will backup the current crontab and save it into the backup_folder.

2. appointe the destination with -o

   crontip -b -o ./this_is_a_backup

   save the backup into ./this_is_a_backup

Edit the Prepared Copy of Backup

crontip -e or crontip --edit

The editing process automatically through two steps:

1. copy the latest backup into ready folder cp backup/latest.bk ready/latest.bk

2. open file with vim vim ready/latest.bk