05-18-2002
Re: cron
Quote:
Originally posted by hassan2
when you edit a cron file using crontab -e
crontab use vi editor, to start typing hit the Esc key on your keyboard followed by i key to insert then you could start typing
to save hit the Esc key on your keyboard, then semi colom i.e :
followed by wq
here the editor is decided by the EDITOR environment variable. the default is ed. you can set it to vi and then make the changes as mentioned above
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