How can I recreate default /etc/cron.d files?

Question

I deleted /etc/cron.d/ folder by accident.

How can I recreate it to a default state?

Does this answer your question? How can I restore configuration files? — muru, Jun 20 '21 at 22:13

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 20 '21 at 20:25

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You have to reinstall the packages with files in /etc/cron.d by

sudo apt-get install --reinstall -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confmiss" \
$(dpkg -S /etc/cron.d | sed 's/,//g' | awk -F: '{print $1}')

answered Jun 20 '21 at 20:25

N0rbert

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