Re: crontab editor (was Re: OT re my wife's XP - - - - - I a…

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Author: Alex Dean
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: crontab editor (was Re: OT re my wife's XP - - - - - I apologize)
Alex LeDonne wrote:

>>From man crontab:
>       The -e option is used to edit the current crontab using the
>       editor specified  by  the  VISUAL  or EDITOR environment
>       variables.  After you exit from the editor, the modified crontab
>       will be installed  automatically.

>
>Set EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano in a startup script, or use VISUAL=emacs
>before the command line, and crontab will use what you ask.
>
>
>

You can also just write your crontab in any editor you like, save it in
a file, and do :
prompt> crontab <yourfilename>

This replaces your current crontab with the contents of your file.

alex
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