On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:41:16 -0500
Joe Reed <jnr@cwru.edu> wrote:

> do you get the error if you add some text and then properly save and close
> vi??  (which is what you need to do to edit your crontab properly)

crontab looks at the EDITOR env variable. So you can edit your
crontab with whatever you like. So, if you're vi challenged, try something
else, e.g. using /bin/sh syntax 

EDITOR=emacs crontab -e 


> 
> ... synopsis of what i do...
> $ crontab -e
> ..add/modifiy/delete my crontab rules
> [esc] :wq [enter] ...(standard vi save and close)...
> ...end synopsis..
> --joe
> 
> On Monday 24 February 2003 11:09 am, Thomas M Clarke wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > As root I'm trying to edit my crontab, I issue the crontab -e command
> > and it brings up a vi session with my crontab. If I add any text to this
> > file and ^C it immediately throws a wobbly and complains of: ERROR:
> > Input/Output Error and bombs out of vi back to the prompt. Any ideas of
> > what I can try to get this working?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Thomas M Clarke


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