Trying to edit the crontab settings

I am trying to edit the crontab settings in the solaris server using telnet session. I use 'crontab -e' to edit the file. If I use the crontab-e, I get some numbers like 909, so I can't edit the file. Whats the solution available to circumvent this. Please help.

With regards,

Amin

[310 byte] By [mymdamin] at [2007-11-25 23:18:14]

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# 1

I solved this problem by myself. I set the Editor as vi and then managed to edit the crontab settings.With regards,Amin

mymdamin at 2007-7-5 18:06:39 >

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I also had this problem when trying to crontab -e the root cron (default: sh shell). Entering a korn shell ('ksh') , then 'crontab -e' worked for me.

irobert100 at 2007-7-5 18:06:39 >

# 3

You needed to have EDITOR=vi in your profile. Doesn't matter whether your using sh or ksh.

dwlahiri at 2007-7-5 18:06:39 >

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