crontab -r question

[Matt Shaffer_1]

If I run crontab -r to remove the crontab entry for a user, do I need to restart cron for the change to go into affect?

Thanks

[Jeff_Traigle · Accepted solution]

Nope. The crontab command takes care of it, whether adding, removing, or editing crontabs. You'd only need to restart cron manually if you edited a crontab file manually.

[Patrick Wallek]

No. The crontab commands automatically tell cron that a change has been made.

[Matt Shaffer_1]

My question was answered. THANK YOU