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Re: crontab -e



On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 05:22:28PM -0700, Raquel wrote:
> I have a new install of Etch.  When I issue the command
>   #crontab -e
> I get the nano editor.  I would really rather use the vim editor. 
> How do I change what gets used?

Do you have an EDITOR environment variable set?  The man page says that
it follows EDITOR or VISUAL if set.  If not, it likely follows
sensible-editor which is part of the debian alternatives system.

Doug.



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