On Wed, Dec 20, 2000, Ari Sigurðsson wrote: > how do I get crontab -e to use my favorite editor? >From man crontab: The -e option is used to edit the current crontab using the editor specified by the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables. After you exit from the editor, the modified crontab(5) will be installed automatically. -Ken -- hazmat@hellrot.org AIM: ScopusFest