crontab questioin

[iambluegary]

when i use crontab -e,there's something wrong
#crontab -e
h >/dev/null 2>&~

and i cant edit ,after ctrl+c exit,i find i can input anything ,what's the problem?

[Michael Tully]

Hi,

Not sure I understand your question:

Is that the text that appears after starting
crontab -e command?

One thing I always like to point out is,
never to use 'crontab -e' but use
'crontab -l >/tmp/wrk'
Make my changes and then resubmit the
cron file like this:
# crontab /tmp/wrk

The reason I suggest this is, that anything
goes wrong during the initial edit, like
your terminal or PC hangs, you may lose
the whole contenst of your cron file.
Using the work file eliminates this risk.

~Michael~

[Michael Tully]

One more thought:

If that is the output when you run:
# crontab -e

then your crontab file is certainly corrupted. You will have to get from your backup.

Make sure that in the future you only use 'crontab -l >/tmp/wrkfile'

It will save you next time.

Michael

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Did you set your editor?

# export EDITOR=vi

With regards to your other query, this problem could might also be due to your emulation problem. Eg.

# export TERM=vt100

Use an appropriate value for TERM.

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong