<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Neil,</div><div><br></div>Use the following command to set your default browser: export EDITOR=nano<div><br></div><div>This will allow you to set the editor of your choosing. If you used contab -e, it will use this edtor. When the crontab is saved, the syntax is checked and valided before saving. You will not need to restart crond, as it will pick up the entries when they are saved.</div><div><br></div><div>Another userful crontab command is:</div><div><br></div><div>crontab -l <br></div><div><br></div><div>This lists the crontab entry.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>73,</div><div><br></div><div>Chris, w0anm</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 11:50 PM, Neil k8it <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:k8it@cac.net" target="_blank">k8it@cac.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div>I have been doing some reading about how to edit crontab but need some
specific information on how to edit crontab on a bbb running asterisk
v1.2.1</div>
<div>my questions</div>
<div>1. what's the easiest way to schedule and edit the crontab file? for
a non wx task!</div>
<div>2. if I use crontab -e will it default or can I set the editor to
nano?</div>
<div>3. how do I restart the cron file?</div>
<div> do I reboot ? or do I need to issue a special
commands?</div>
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<div>thanks 73 k8it Allstar node 41838 echolink k8it-L</div>
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