On Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:12:44 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 03/23/2013 10:47 PM, Garry T. Williams wrote: >> On 3-23-13 15:21:37 Joe Zeff wrote: >>> [joe@khorlia ~]$ echo $EDITOR nano >> >> This is your problem. You're missing a full path and crontab(1) >> requires it. >> >> > If so, why does this work: > > EDITOR=nano crontab -e On Fedora 18: [mdeggers@trident ~]$ export EDITOR=nano [mdeggers@trident ~]$ printenv EDITOR nano [mdeggers@trident ~]$ crontab -e invokes nano [mdeggers@trident ~]$ which nano /usr/bin/nano (Don't know how I got /bin/nano earlier - maybe I was on the wrong machine) So, I have no idea why it doesn't work on your machine. It works here. . . . . just my two cents. /mde/ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
