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Re: crontab -e

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(at)cox.net>
Date: Wed Sep 05 2007 - 11:43:16 EDT

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On 09/03/07 19:46, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 05:22:28PM -0700, Raquel wrote:

>> I have a new install of Etch.  When I issue the command
>>   #crontab -e
>> I get the nano editor.  I would really rather use the vim editor. 
>> How do I change what gets used?

>
> Do you have an EDITOR environment variable set? The man page says that
> it follows EDITOR or VISUAL if set. If not, it likely follows
> sensible-editor which is part of the debian alternatives system.

vim not installed???

Who doesn't install vim?

-- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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