Perl Programming Language :: crontab -e doesnt seem to work


	crontab -e doesnt seem to work Hi, I have been using crontab for a while now... but needed edit the existing job in cron... However heres the issue.. If I issue crontab -e, the temp file which allows the input doesnt seem to be opening. Though crontab -l indicates the current job; the - e option doesnt open the file <snips> crontab -l 00 20 * * * /auto/tftpboot-users/mshirali/MDDTS/query1.mshirali However now crontab -e wont let me do any editing.. I see the following when I issue it: crontab -e 65 ? ? <snips> Any help will be appreciated On 2007-03-21, mihirshir@gmail.com <mihirshir@gmail.com> wrote: > If I issue crontab -e, the temp file which allows the input doesnt > seem to be opening. Though crontab -l indicates the current job; the - > e option doesnt open the file This is way offtopic for comp.lang.perl.misc. If this is linux, try one of the linux newsgroups. --keith -- kkeller-use@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us (try just my userid to email me) AOLSFAQ=http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt see X- headers for PGP signature information On Mar 21, 9:46 am, Keith Keller <kkeller-use@wombat.san- - Hide quoted text - francisco.ca.us> wrote: > On 2007-03-21, mihirshir@gmail.com <mihirshir@gmail.com> wrote: > > If I issue crontab -e, the temp file which allows the input doesnt > > seem to be opening. Though crontab -l indicates the current job; the - > > e option doesnt open the file > This is way offtopic for comp.lang.perl.misc. If this is linux, try one > of the linux newsgroups. > --keith > -- > kkeller-use@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us > (try just my userid to email me) > AOLSFAQ=http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt > see X- headers for PGP signature information Ok.. tx for the help neways At 2007-03-21 12:40AM, "mihirshir@gmail.com" wrote: > However now crontab -e wont let me do any editing.. I see the > following when I issue it: > crontab -e > 65 > ? > ? > <snips> > Any help will be appreciated export EDITOR=vi crontab -e -- Glenn Jackman "You can only be young once. But you can always be immature." -- Dave Barry