Query regarding cron jobs

[mark]

Ankit Mahawar wrote:
> 
> I have a file created in /etc/cron.d which has an entry which execute a
> command at the time interval specified .
> 
> But due to some reason it is not getting executed and the entry is still
> there .

Put it in /etc/cron.[hourly|daily|weekly|monthly]
> 
> What is the difference between entries in /etc/cron.d and /etc/crontab
> file .

crontab can be more flexible, and you can decide exactly when it runs.

    mark	
> 
> 
> Regards
> Ankit ,
> 
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