crontab -e 1

[screwloose]

This is what I get when using crontab -e :
root:/etc/default> crontab -e
477
[blank line for cursor]

Why? This is Solaris 9 and it occurs with either /bin/ksh or /sbin/sh. Have tried using TERM equal to ansi, vt100, and wyse75.

Thanks.

 

[comtec17]

Try this: EDITOR=vi;export EDITOR

 

[screwloose]

That was the variable. Thanks!

 

[daFranze]

as an AIX man you are not familiar wirh old ed Editor? :-D

Best Regards, Franz
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Solaris System Manager from Munich, Germany
I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years