Thanks, Mario. I had the varibale set in .bashrc, but I was missing the "export". Now it works like a charm!
Miark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mario Michael da Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:12 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cron > Miark wrote: > > > > > Wouldn't > > > > > > crontab -e > > > > > > be much easier? This edits your personal crontab and after saving it, cron > > > will pick up the revised version and run that. This way cron will also pick > > > it up after a reboot. Btw, crontab -l will list the current cron jobs you > > > have set up. > > > > It probably would if the editor were set up right ;-) I use MicroEmacs, > > but crontab -e always invokes the Devil, er, vi. I just never got > > around to figuring out how to make it us uemacs. > > put this line in your .bashrc > export EDITOR=emacs > > lo and behold, crontab -e should then invoke the kitchen sink instead > of the devil :o) > > Thank You, > Regards, > mario > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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