Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:01:45 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Charlie Root <root@hermes.niicommunications.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cron Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103262051100.38631-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <200103270238.f2R2cvB72233@hermes.niicommunications.com>
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Charlie Root wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > greetings, > > this phenomneon just started. When I use crontab -u username -e, > in this case root, I get the following information back from > cron (and my changes do not take effect): > > "crontab.QDcifpV515" 12L, 515C written > crontab: temp file must be edited in place > > anyone? thanks. The temp file moved or was deleted then re-linked. Did you change your default editor? Maybe your editor (or invocation thereof) is renaming the temp file (and/or you enabled backups in your editor). > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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