This is one of those things that have annoyed me since the dawn of time. Is there such a thing as a cron that doesn't like blank lines in crontab files? Just in case I made it customisable (default retaining old behaviour) text-modes patch: ChangeLog files diff command: cvs -q diff -U 0 Files affected: ChangeLog Source files diff command: cvs -q diff -uN Files affected: crontab.el Index: ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/packages/xemacs-packages/text-modes/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.140 diff -u -U0 -r1.140 ChangeLog --- ChangeLog 26 Nov 2004 08:05:35 -0000 1.140 +++ ChangeLog 9 Jan 2005 04:47:37 -0000 ＠＠ -0,0 +1,6 ＠＠ +2005-01-09 Steve Youngs <steve(a)sxemacs.org&gt; + + * crontab.el (crontab-delete-blank-lines): New. To make deleting + blank lines in crontab files optional. + (crontab-save): Use it. + Index: crontab.el =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/packages/xemacs-packages/text-modes/crontab.el,v retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -u -r1.2 crontab.el --- crontab.el 6 Oct 2000 09:27:59 -0000 1.2 +++ crontab.el 9 Jan 2005 04:47:27 -0000 ＠＠ -61,6 +61,10 ＠＠ :type 'boolean :group 'crontab) +(defcustom crontab-delete-blank-lines t + "*Non-nil means to delete any blank lines in the crontab file on save." +:type 'boolean +:group 'crontab) ;;; Interactive Function called to edit a Crontab Entry. It is called ;;; instead of crontab-edit to allow for future automatic entries. ＠＠ -118,11 +122,12 ＠＠ (defun crontab-save () "Submit the edited crontab to the cron daemon for processing." - (goto-char (point-min)) - (while (not (eobp)) - (delete-blank-lines) - (forward-line 1)) - (redraw-display) + (when crontab-delete-blank-lines + (goto-char (point-min)) + (while (not (eobp)) + (delete-blank-lines) + (forward-line 1)) + (redraw-display)) (setq write-file-hooks nil) (let ((crontab-buffer (buffer-name))) -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: A94B3003>---| | In space, | | No one can hear you rip a stinky | |------------------------------------&lt;steve(a)sxemacs.org&gt;---|