crontab -e oddities

Hello,

I'm experiencing something really strange when editing crontab, when I type:

crontab -e

I get a number and everytime I hit enter a question mark ?

For example:

bash-3.00$ crontab -e

292

The crontab file was not changed.

Any ideas why is this?

Thanks

[342 byte] By [Damian_Finola] at [2007-11-27 8:11:35]

# 1

You have entered the editor 'ed'. This is standard 'ed'.What is your VISUAL environment variable set to?

HangTena at 2007-7-12 19:55:39 >

# 2

I thought it was the "EDITOR" environment variable that needed to be set for crontab -e to use something other than ed?

DoxBriana at 2007-7-12 19:55:39 >

# 3

Correct it is EDITOR.I did a man crontab the wrong machine. Thanks.

HangTena at 2007-7-12 19:55:39 >

# 4

Hi, I wonder if it is profile related. Create a test user and see if you get the same result.

Stuart_Flishera at 2007-7-12 19:55:39 >

# 5

Hi Quick solution for your problem is, please use following commandEDITOR=viexport EDITOR

Phani1312a at 2007-7-12 19:55:39 >

# 6

$EDITOR is not populated by default on a Solaris box, and if its not set to something crontab -e will invoke its default editor; ed. .7/M.

mAbrantea at 2007-7-12 19:55:39 >

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