How is set your visual editor ? If you use vim, you need to use the -f option (no fork) otherwise crontab will ever seen empty file.
Christophe Le lun, 10 sep 2001 20:47:58, Anthony Campbell a écrit : > On 10 Sep 2001, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > * Anthony Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > I'm using the current testing distribution. Crontab doesn't work for > me; > > > at least it won't create a new crontab file, either as user or as > root > > > (although it has removed my own crontab!). > > > > > > Is this a known bug or should I submit it? > > > > Obvious question: is your VISUAL (and/or EDITOR) set? > > I'm on testing as well, and crontab -e creates new files just fine, as > > root and as ordinary user. > > > > FWIW, I've seen this happen a couple of times on slowaris, but I never > > bothered to investigate. Just touch /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<user>, > and > > then crontab -e will work (or at least it does for me). > > > > Dima > > -- > > We're sysadmins. Sanity happens to other people. -- > Chris King > > > > > > No, the problem isn't with editing crontab. I can do this and save it, > but when I exit from the editor it says that no changes have been made > to the file so I'm back where I started. The rewritten crontab is saved > to ~/tmp/ but then it just disappears. I know I could edit the file in > /var/spool/cron/crontab/ but you are not supposed to do that. > > Anthony > > > -- > Anthony Campbell - running Debian GNU/Linux (Windows-free zone). > For electronic books (Homeomythology and The Assassins of Alamut), > skeptical > essays, and over 130 book reviews, go to http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ > > Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are > convinced beyond doubt that they are right. [Laurens van der Post] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Christophe Barbé Software Engineer - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lineo France - Lineo High Availability Group 42-46, rue Médéric - 92110 Clichy - France phone (33).1.41.40.02.12 - fax (33).1.41.40.02.01 http://www.lineo.com
