Re: crontab

Jan Panteltje wrote:
Just as root use:

crontab -l > myconfig

Why "as root"? Perhaps he's editing his own (user's) crontab.

Then use any editor to edit 'myconfig'.

(I use joe as editor, vi sucks, joe is a full screen editor).
<space for flames>

LOL :)


Few things about Vi:

- some distros have elVIs instead of VIm

- Vi has two modes: command and edit
- when you run it, it's in command mode:
- press A to append text or I to insert
- press ESC to leave edit mode and go back to command mode
- in command mode: press "x" to delete a character
- to delete line, press "d" key twice
- in command mode type :w and hit Enter to save
- :q to exit
- :q! to exit even if you made changes
- :wq to save and exit

That should be enough for beginners who don't want to learn Vi, but need to use it few times in their life.

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