03-07-2005
You need to set your EDITOR variable.
If you are using sh or ksh
$ EDITOR=vi
$ export EDITOR
$ crontab -e
If you are using csh
% setenv EDITOR vi
% crontab -e
If you are using some other type of shell, please post which one (although one of those two suggestions should work for other shells).
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SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
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ENVIRONMENT
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