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 ''crontab'' is the program used to install, deinstall or list the tables used to drive the cron(8) daemon in Vixie Cron. Each user can have their own crontab, and though these are files in /var/spool/cron/crontabs, they are not intended to be edited directly. 
  
 If the ''/etc/cron.allow'' file exists, then you must be listed therein in order to be allowed to use this command. If the ''/etc/cron.allow'' file does not exist but the ''/etc/cron.deny'' file does exist, then you must __not__ be listed in the ''/etc/cron.deny'' file in order to use this command. If neither of these files exists, then depending on site-dependent configuration parameters, only the super user will be allowed to use this command, or all users will be able to use this command. For standard Debian systems, all users may use this command. 
  
-If the ''-u'' option is given, it specifies the name of the user whose crontab is to be tweaked. If this option is not given, ''crontab'' examines "your" crontab, i.e., the crontab of the person executing the command. Note that su(8 ) can confuse ''crontab'' and that if you are running inside of su(8 ) you should always use the ''-u'' option for safety's sake. 
+If the ''-u'' option is given, it specifies the name of the user whose crontab is to be tweaked. If this option is not given, ''crontab'' examines "your" crontab, i.e., the crontab of the person executing the command. Note that su(1 ) can confuse ''crontab'' and that if you are running inside of su(1 ) you should always use the ''-u'' option for safety's sake. 
  
 The first form of this command is used to install a new crontab from some named file or standard input if the pseudo-filename "-" is given. 
  
 The ''-l'' option causes the current crontab to be displayed on standard output. See the note under __DEBIAN SPECIFIC__ below. 
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