I am guessing that you are running Windows NT. This problem appears on Windows NT, but not on Windows 2000. It has been a problem for a long time (over a year?). I don't know what the solution to the problem is, but a quick way to get around it is to edit your /var/cron/tabs/<user> file directly.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Uwe Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 8:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: crontab: no changes made > > > Hi, > > When I start "crontab -e" it won't run, because I haven't vi > installed. I remembered reading something about an EDITOR or VISIBLE > environment variable, though I couldn't find it any more. Thus I set > > export EDITOR=emacs > > Then crontabs starts up emacs, editing a temporary file (i.e. > /tmp/cron.1900) > However, when I close emacs (with or without saveing changes to the > tmp file) crontab displays "crontab: no changes made to crontab". > > Where's the flaw? > > Thanks > Uwe > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
