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# 1  
Old 05-20-2013
Crontab editing issue
Hi,

OS - SunOS

I gave crontab -e then it returns zero.

Code:
$ crontab -e
0

?

?

Crontab status -

Code:
$ ps -ef | grep cron
    root  2481     1  0   May 12 ?        0:18 /usr/sbin/cron

Please help
# 2  
Old 05-20-2013
I do not have a Sun to play with this at the moment, but will guess that the user that you are logged in as does not currently have any cron jobs setup. If the user did, then I would have expected formatted text returned.
Take a look at this thread for information on crontab
https://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...script-sh.html
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# 3  
Old 05-20-2013
I suspect it's more to do with the EDITOR variable?
Code:
export EDITOR=vi
crontab -e

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# 4  
Old 05-20-2013
Good point Scott.
Forgot about that.
# 5  
Old 05-20-2013
Hi Scott,

Most probably your guess is right, I am not able to open the vi in full screen.it opens in small window. Shall i need to place the code in .profile?
# 6  
Old 05-20-2013
Do you receive an error (i.e. like "Terminal too wide", meaning you might need to change your tty settings (stty cols).) when opening in "full screen"? What do you mean, exactly?
# 7  
Old 05-20-2013
Yes, When I Open a script in full screen i will get that error.

Code:
$ vi om_wf_complete.sh
Terminal too wide
:

Then i resize the window size into small area, then it will open.

Please tell me where i need to place the value. I tried on command prompt, but not worked.

Code:
$ export EDITOR=vi
$ crontab -e
Terminal too wide
:

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