Crontab reset after reboot

[lollo78]

Hi,
I followed the guide to make a Dropbox backup.
I installed python3 and the script works fine manually.
Now I would like to create a cron job, but if I edit crontab in Hass.io
crontab -e
vi string:
0 3 * * * python3 /config/script/dropox.py
after reboot the task is deleted (reset)

What I have to do?
Thanks

[ronnyandre]

Bumping this.

[scooterama]

same here, too, 5 years later…
my crontab gets a reset every reboot - I have tabs (no spaces) in it.
I used contab -e to edit

[wmaker (Tommy Long)]

I don’t know if this will really help or not, but here is a thread I made a note of that might be useful:

How to start crond automatically when restart

In case it helps, and if you are using the SSH & Web Terminal addon, it is possible to set up an init_command to start the crond service. As the /etc/periodic folder is going to be cleaned up on every restart of the addon, you might want to merge the scripts from one of the shared folders. Kind of hacky, but it would be something like: init_commands: - if ! pgrep -x "crond" > /dev/null; then echo starting crond; cp -RT /share/etc/periodic/ /etc/periodic/; crond -b -l 5 -L /var/log/crond.log…

[scooterama]

I’ve found your thread before, thanks for sharing.

I don’t know if the crontab gets a reset on a HA-Raspberry Pi or if it’s just me. WWhy isn’t crond started generally anyways.
I’ll try yours but I’d hoped for a simpler solution.