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SCO crontab / vi error?

I'm using SCO, and I've just tried to edit the root crontab (my first time on this machine), by entering the following command (logged on as root), and I get the following error:

# crontab -e
crontab: could not exec the editor.: No such file or directory (error 2)
crontab: warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh

As you can see, I can display the contents of root's crontab OK:
# crontab -l

# @(#) root 25.3 95/01/17
...etc...
17 5 * * 0 /etc/cleanup > /dev/null
...etc...

And here's the crontab file:
# ls -l /var/opt/K/SCO/Unix/5.0.4Eb/usr/spool/cron/crontabs/root
-rw-rw---- 1 root cron 948 Oct 15 10:52 /var/opt/K/SCO/Unix/5.0.4E
b/usr/spool/cron/crontabs/root

Here's my SCO version:
# uname -a
SCO_SV ctol33 3.2 2 i386

Any ideas how to make it so I can properly update root's crontab?

yuzh

Hi tel2,

You do the followings before editing the crontab:
#EDITOR=vi
#export EDITOR
then use crontab -e command to edit your crontab. (you are
using vi editor in this case to edit the file)

Cheers!

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yuzh

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tel2

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Thanks vinnyd79, It worked! (On AIX at least - haven't tried it on SCO yet, but I thought I shouldn't keep you waiting any longer).
You've given me a good workaround for the problem, so I'll give you a B, because I still don't know what's causing the error. Got to leave room for improvement.
Thanks.

vuzh,
I have confirmed that EDITOR was already set to vi, and it was exported, so that wasn't the problem.