class Chef::Provider::Cron

def read_crontab
  so = shell_out!("crontab -l -u #{new_resource.user}", returns: [0, 1])
  return nil if so.exitstatus == 1
  so.stdout
rescue => e
  raise Chef::Exceptions::Cron, "Error determining state of #{new_resource.name}, error: #{e}"
end