crontab -e dosent work

dozy · #1 (**permalink**) 05-22-2003

Hello!

my crontab -e dosent work. Im getting this error message:

sh: VI: not found
The crontab files was not changed.

How do i make it work? I think you should use "export editor=vi"
or something. But i cant seem to get the correct line!

pleas help...

google · #2 (**permalink**) 05-22-2003

try set -o vi

To see what options you have set, type in set -o

Optimus_P · #3 (**permalink**) 05-22-2003

make sure you have your environment variable EDITOR=vi and export it.

vi is lowercase. not upper.

dozy · #4 (**permalink**) 05-22-2003

that is what im tying to do. But i can remeber the syntax."how to write it"

oombera · #5 (**permalink**) 05-22-2003

If you want to set the editor to something else, such as pico, I believe the correct syntax is "export VISUAL=pico" or "export EDITOR=pico". Of course, you'll want to use vi instead of pico.

sushrut · #6 (**permalink**) 05-22-2003

to export the variable
use

export variable_name=value

dozy · #7 (**permalink**) 05-22-2003

Hmmm.... this is strange. It works with "export EDITOR=vi" when im oracle, but not when im root. And i really need this to work when im root...

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