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  Learning the Terminal in Jaguar, Part 2
Subject:   Directory Question
Date:   2003-11-09 08:04:59
From:   anonymous2
In Part 1 of 'Learning the Terminal in Jaguar' crontab is accessed in /private/etc/crontab. In Part 2 the path used is /etc/crontab from Chris' home directory. Are these two directories, private and etc, somehow linked?
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  • Directory Question
    2003-11-09 23:10:37  anonymous2 [View]

    Yes, they actually refer to the same directory. /etc is actually a symbolic link (much like an alias in the Finder) to /private/etc/. Therefore /private/etc/crontab is the same file as /etc/crontab.

    Hope that's helpful...

    --Chris