Or ... disambiguate which Vim crontab -e is using, so it's not vim.tiny.
* Will Mengarini <sel...@eskimo.com> [24-09/13=Fri 15:47 -0700]:
> You are getting Vim error messages from a version of Vim that does
> not support scripting (probably vim.tiny). That version is probably
> installed on your system ALONG WITH a version that does support
> scripting, but cron does not have the scripting version of Vim on PATH.
> (Typically, your $HOME & root PATHs are more elaborate than the one to
> which cron defaults.) The solution is to set PATH in your crontab.
>
> * Marcus Park <m...@privatembox.com> [24-09/14=Sat 06:12 +0800]:
> >
> > Andy Smith :
> >> As to why whatever it is set as right now is doing that, first work
> >> out where it is getting the setting from, so echo $EDITOR and echo
> >> $VISUAL. If neither of those are set then ls -la /usr/bin/editor.
> >
> > Thanks Andy.
> >
> > either $EDITOR or $VISUAL in my system is empty.
> >
> > And /usr/bin/editor points to nano.
> >
> > Then I run this command,
> >
> > $ sudo update-alternatives --config editor
> > There are 4 choices for the alternative editor (providing /usr/bin/editor).
> >
> > Selection Path Priority Status
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > * 0 /bin/nano 40 auto mode
> > 1 /bin/ed -100 manual mode
> > 2 /bin/nano 40 manual mode
> > 3 /usr/bin/vim.basic 30 manual mode
> > 4 /usr/bin/vim.tiny 15 manual mode
> >
> > Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 3
> > update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.basic to provide /usr/bin/editor
> > (editor) in manual mode
> >
> >
> >
> > to choose vim.basic as default editor.
> >
> > In my system both vim.basic and vim are the same stuff,
> >
> > $ vim --version
> > VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Aug 27 2024 05:34:22)
> > Included patches: 1-16, 647, 17-579, 1969, 580-647, 678, 648-1848, 4975,
> > 5016, 5023, 5072, 2068, 1849-1854, 1857, 1855-1857, 1331, 1858, 1858-1859,
> > 1873, 1860-1969, 1992, 1970-1992, 2010, 1993-2068, 2106, 2069-2106, 2108,
> > 2107-2109, 2109-3995, 4563, 4646, 4774, 4895, 4899, 4901, 4919, 213, 1840,
> > 1846-1847, 2110-2112, 2121
> > ...
> >
> >
> > $ vim.basic --version
> > VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Aug 27 2024 05:34:22)
> > Included patches: 1-16, 647, 17-579, 1969, 580-647, 678, 648-1848, 4975,
> > 5016, 5023, 5072, 2068, 1849-1854, 1857, 1855-1857, 1331, 1858, 1858-1859,
> > 1873, 1860-1969, 1992, 1970-1992, 2010, 1993-2068, 2106, 2069-2106, 2108,
> > 2107-2109, 2109-3995, 4563, 4646, 4774, 4895, 4899, 4901, 4919, 213, 1840,
> > 1846-1847, 2110-2112, 2121
> > ...
> >
> >
> > Then I logged out and re-login the system, run 'crontab -e', the error still
> > shows. Maybe I got bad luck today. :(
> >
> > Regards.
