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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# this is a script to backup crontab data
+# put this inside /etc/cron.daily
+
+# define location for output
+DIR=/home/sintan/Documents/Backup/pkglists
+
+# make sure that the folder exists
+mkdir -p $DIR
+
+ls /etc/cron.hourly/ /etc/cron.daily/ /etc/cron.weekly/ /etc/cron.monthly/ > $DIR/crontab
+echo "-----------------" >> $DIR/crontab
+crontab -l >> $DIR/crontab