Set up multiple file using crontab using PHP script

Question

I'm working on setting up cronjobs using PHP script. I know how to set up single file as a crontab, for example - shell_exec('crontab testcron.txt');

Is it possible to set multiple files as a crontab, like -

shell_exec('crontab testcron1.txt testcron3.txt testcron2.txt'); shell_exec('crontab testcron1.txt,testcron2.txt,testcron3.txt');

Thanks.

Bernhard · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-17 20:30:40Z

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no, you can only have one file per user

but you can add multiple cronjobs in one crontab file. One cronjob per line.

answered May 17, 2020 at 20:30

Bernhard

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