Comments on: Change & Set the Default crontab Editor

By: W.P. Wily

W.P. Wily — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:02:30 +0000

Thanks, I use nano on a Linux server at work and when I went to do a crontab entry on my home OS X box I was lost with vim :/

Concerned — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:06:30 +0000

The human race is doomed.

adrian — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:50:09 +0000

Not at all. Only dumb people don’t use the console. Those people who only need one mouse button

capemaster — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:12:56 +0000

Yes, if you have one in your /home.

axe88 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:12:32 +0000

vi is for neckbeards

Toro — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:07:52 +0000

just add the line to .bash_profile then??

capemaster — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:04:12 +0000

Mhhh.
This set the default editor for the session.
If you want to make it default, you have to change /etc/bashrc or /etc/profile

Dan Uff — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:10:34 +0000

Thank you. I thought I was the only one who used Nano.

idiot — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:28:32 +0000

… nobody meaning every Sys Admin on the face of the earth

Nobody cares — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:47:19 +0000

This applies to what, 4 people? Nobody uses this stuff.