Bug 1674 – crontab can't find vi & ignores EDITOR env. variable

Bug 1674 - crontab can't find vi & ignores EDITOR env. variable

Summary:	crontab can't find vi & ignores EDITOR env. variable

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	crontabs (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Crutcher Dunnavant
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Reported:	1999-03-22 11:51 EST by murphy
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2001-04-10 18:04:49 EDT
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Description murphy 1999-03-22 11:51:11 EST

crontab (when invoked w/ the -e switch) can't find vi.
It looks for it in /usr/bin instead of /bin.

Also, crontab ignores the EDITOR environment variable.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-03-22 12:10:59 EST

this has been fixed in a later release of cron.

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