# Crontab inventor = jerk

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/crontab-inventor-jerk/216951>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 21, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/crontab-inventor-jerk/216951 "2007-02-21T21:54:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![skOOb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@skOOb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skOOb)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/crontab-inventor-jerk/216951/1 "2007-02-21T21:54:10Z")

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Why would an individual make it where when you type “crontab -r” you remove your crontab from the system without confirmation? It is so freakin close to “crontab -e” which is used to edit it. We don’t have a backup of the crontab file (my fault, but still) and I was going to edit it and I typed -r instead. Now I have to re-input all those jobs…ARGH. I don’t even remember half of them…

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Edit: I mean “inventor” on the title