On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 18:37 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > cothrige wrote: > > I am a Debian newb, coming from Slackware, and am trying to set up a > > cronjob as a user. In other systems all I did was crontab -e and then > > added the job. After if I ran crontab -l it was listed right there > > ready to go. However, this is not working in Debian. Cron is > > installed and running, but when I enter the command and save it > > crontab -l lists nothing at all, and nothing runs. Is there some step > > I am overlooking? I have never had to do otherwise before, and have > > tried reading online for Debian specific tips, but so far everything > > comes back the same as I would expect. But, still, no cronjob. > > > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > Hello Patrick, > > debian's crontab works (almost) like with any other distribution. > > Which editor are you using? Please do a > ll /etc/alternatives/editor > > On my system it shows > johannes2:/etc/alternatives# ll /etc/alternatives/editor > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2006-09-25 09:05 /etc/alternatives/editor -> > /bin/nano > > since I configured nano as the default editor. I suspect that you might > unknowingly run an unfamiliar editor and might unknowingly quit without > saving. > > You can change it to your favourite editor (provided it is installed) by > running > > update-alternatives --config editor > > In contrast to other distributions, in debian one can configure > different alternatives for common tasks. > > On my sytem, eg., there are 6 alternatives for an editor and > 3 alternatives for different versions of ghostscript. > > HTH, regards Johannes > >
Good point Johannes. You can also check $EDITOR and $VISUAL which over-ride the 'alternatives'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
