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Can't edit crontab
- From: Emlio <uc3709 at yahoo dot es>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:40:23 +0100
- Subject: Can't edit crontab
Hi all
I'm using cygwin in order to use cron under an XP machine. When I run
the command
$ crontab -e
I get a vi (vim?) editor, but I'm not able to use it propertly. After
pressing "insert" the keyboard doesn't work properly. For example, if I
press the arrows I get characters such as A, B, C... the backspace key
doesn't work, and writing a cron line becomes a really hard (impossible)
task.
I've tried to set the env variable EDITOR as nano, in order to use this
editor instead, but the trick doesn't seem to work in cygwin.
Is there any workaround I can do in order to edit the crontab with a
different application?
Thanks in advance
E Diaz
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