Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 01:38:45 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Charlie Root <root@hermes.niicommunications.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: crontab problems Message-ID: <15085.2165.385902.854011@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <51583181@toto.iv>
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Charlie Root <root@hermes.niicommunications.com> types:
> I receive the following error when using crontab -u name -e
>
> "crontab: temp file must be edited in place"
>
> any ideas? thanks
Read the man page:
-e Edit the current crontab using the editor specified by the VISUAL
or EDITOR environment variables. The specified editor must edit
the file in place; any editor that unlinks the file and recreates
it cannot be used.
Looks like your editor is one fo the ones that cannot be usd.
<mike
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