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| Author: | mandrei99 [ Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | How to change crontab editor in Debian Linux |
How to change crontab editor in Debian Linux - using update-alternatives Code: $ sudo update-alternatives --config editor
There are 3 choices for the alternative editor (providing /usr/bin/editor). Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ * 0 /bin/nano 40 auto mode 1 /bin/nano 40 manual mode 2 /usr/bin/vim.basic 30 manual mode 3 /usr/bin/vim.tiny 10 manual mode Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 3 update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.tiny to provide /usr/bin/editor (editor) in manual mode |
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| Author: | tsuchan [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How to change crontab editor in Debian Linux |
Nothing I could do persuaded the editor to work in vi, even though the asterisked value was already option 2. So I un-installed nano. That worked. |
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