Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 14:36:37 -0600 From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'crontab -e' woes Message-ID: <20001103143637.F70975@bonsai.knology.net> In-Reply-To: <20001101234720.J75251@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>; from cjclark@reflexnet.net on Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 11:47:20PM -0800 References: <20001101210426.A57642@bsd.planetwe.com> <20001101234720.J75251@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
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On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 11:47:20PM -0800, Crist J . Clark wrote:
# > Basically what I'm trying to do is setup a non-interactive
# > script that edits my crontab. When I type the following
# > commands in it comments out the first entry. However, when
# > I run it by redirecting stdin from a file it doesn't work.
# > >From the looks of it (note the 37 -> 38 change) the file
# > is being updated but crontab is ignoring the change.
#
# Don't ask me why, but try this,
#
# $ { echo '1s/^/#/'; echo w; } | env VISUAL=/bin/ed crontab -e
#
# And see what happens. (Just lost the 'q.')
I've tried this on several different boxes and it didn't
work. Does this work on your box?
Thanks for the reply.
-steve
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