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osigen

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From: cynic tub

Registered: 2005-06-18

Posts: 36

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Fail to save a Cron job (SOLVED)

I can't save a new cron job in my system. I use

crontab -e

or

export VISUAL=gedit && crontab -e

to add a new job. These commands open a /tmp/crontab.XXXX file that after saving, cron jobs are NOT updated!

It's too strange to me* !
I run

nano -w /var/spool/cron/root

and the cron job is listed now by

crontab -l

Why I can't save cron jobs directly from crontab -e?
( I have read the vi man pages :-) )
* I am newbie, just one month Linux user with 3 distro succesfully installed

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IceRAM

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2004-03-04

Posts: 772

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Re: Fail to save a Cron job (SOLVED)

after
1. "crontab -e"
2. editing the crontab file
are you sure you also SAVE the file? (with ":wq<enter>" in vi)?

It works for me this way.

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osigen

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From: cynic tub

Registered: 2005-06-18

Posts: 36

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Re: Fail to save a Cron job (SOLVED)

Ooops! VI is complicated editor.
Thanks anyway!

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T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: Fail to save a Cron job (SOLVED)

Ooops! VI is complicated editor.
Thanks anyway!

Its a great editor once you learn to use it 
here's some usesfull documentation on the commands:
http://www.fprintf.net/vimCheatSheet.html