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Old 12-07-2005
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set EDITOR=vi -> default editor not setting for cron tab

Hi All,

I am running a script , working very fine on cmd prompt. The problem is that when I open do crontab -e even after setting editor to vi by
set EDITOR=vi it does not open a vi editor , rather it do as below.....

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
$ set EDITOR=vi
$ echo $EDITOR

$ crontab -e
79
29 16 * * * /bin/sh /app/siebel/testdir/automate.sh
?
The crontab file was not changed.
$

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Even if i do ,

$vi crontab

it opens a vi editor for me with name crontab ,
where I can write the above line

29 16 * * * /bin/sh /app/siebel/testdir/automate.sh

and save . But it is not showing me the crontab job when I do

$crontab -l

Can some bdy help me for this ..

PS : I have also tried

$setenv EDITOR vi

but in vain, still getting no results. Really need your help for this.....

Thanks & Regards,
Aru
 

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