Do I need to refresh or restart anything after I add/update a crontab in Ubuntu Server 8.04?

Question

When you change something in Apache you need to reload or restart apache. Does anything need to be refreshed or restarted in Ubuntu Server 8.04 after I add/update the crontab? Thanks a bunch for your help.

Answer 1

No. As long as you use the crontab -e command to edit the file, when you save it, you'll get a 'New Crontab Installed' message. That's it.

Answer 2

The usual thing is to use crontab -e to edit the tables. The changes will be applied when you exit the editor. Otherwise the rules for re-reading changed crontabs are in the cron(8) man page. They will be re-read eventually, you don't need to do anything.