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Re: trixie and "crontab -e"



On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 15:50:03 +0100, Nicolas George wrote:
> D. R. Evans (HE12025-11-07):
> > But now when I do that, the terminal instantly says "No modification made",
> > and then pops up an editor with a blank file [i.e., NOT my actual crontab
> > file] called "crontab".
> 
> Looks like your editor is broken, try “EDITOR=vi crontab -e”. If it
> works, fix the settings that has become broken.

If both VISUAL and EDITOR are present, VISUAL has precedence.  That's
why I went with  VISUAL=nano crontab -e  in my previous message.


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