Method buildCrontabCommand

lib/crontab.go:930–942

buildCrontabCommand builds a crontab command with appropriate user flag if needed

(args ...string)

// buildCrontabCommand builds a crontab command with appropriate user flag if needed
func (c Crontab) buildCrontabCommand(args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
	if c.User != "" {
		// Check if we need to add -u flag (when accessing another user's crontab)
		if currentUser, err := user.Current(); err == nil && currentUser.Username != c.User {
			// Insert -u flag and username before other arguments
			cmdArgs := []string{"-u", c.User}
			cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, args...)
			return exec.Command("crontab", cmdArgs...)
		}
	}
	// Default case: run crontab command without -u flag (for current user)
	return exec.Command("crontab", args...)
}