timestamp on crontabs

[Shivkumar]

Hi,

Is timestamp on "/var/spool/cron/crontabs" changes if server rebooted after patching ?

Thanks,
Shiv

[Patrick Wallek]

No, it shouldn't.

The only time the timestamp should change is when the crontab file is modified.

[Ganesan R · Accepted solution]

Hi Shivkumar,

This directory contains all users cron jobs in the name of the respective user.

For example, root cron jobs will be there in the name of root. So whenever the user or root make changes using crontab command the timestamp should get changed.

[Dennis Handly]

The timestamp on the directory will only change if a user is added or deleted. I don't think a modification of a file would count, unless crontab deletes the file first?

[avizen9]

Hello Shivkumar,
what you are looking for?
there is no relation between server patching and crontab, as mentioned timestamp will not change when server will reboot after patching activity,

however all patch logs are store in /var/adm/sw/swagent.log

let us know what exectly you are looking for, thanks,