While the method you list will work, when you use crontab -e, you're using the old "ed" editor. When "ed" first came out it was considered to be very user friendly - if it didn't understand something you typed it said "?" <grin>. My method will let you use vi or textedit on a normal text file and then reload it to crontab when you're done. It'd also be a good idea to save a copy of the crontab before changing it - crontab -l > /opt/home/crontab.save or something similar depending on where you normally save files to. Cheers, Kevin FitzGerrell On Jan 19, 2008 10:10 PM, foxpat <foxpat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I thought it was crontab -e to edit and crontab -l to list. > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Namens Kashif Ijaz > Verzonden: zaterdag 19 januari 2008 12:31 > Aan: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Onderwerp: [foxboro] Editing Crontab > > > Where do I find the crontab file. I have to comment out some of the tasks. I > am using version 4.3 with Unix on AW51B. > > Regards, > > Kashif Ijaz > INTECH Process Automation. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > > _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave
