cron reading an external file

[BenRussell]

I want CRON to read a file and execute the commands in that file just like it would using crontab. However, I want to be able to specify where the file is (for example: /etc/MYPROGRAM/jobs.cron)

Any idea how I can do this?

- Ben

 

[thedaver]

02 4 * * * root /etc/MYPROGRAM/jobs.cron

This runs daily at 4:02AM local time as the root user. You can substitute the 'root' user with any lesser user as may be appropriate.

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[BenRussell]

No, see I want the jobs.cron file to actually contain cron jobs like

* * * * * root /do/something
0 2-3 * * * root /do/something/else

and I want CRON to execute this file as if it was in the user's crontab file.

- Ben