crontab: no crontab for veryv – using an empty one
crontab: “/usr/bin/vi” exited with status 1
How do I fix this issue on a Linux or Unix-like systems?
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| Difficulty | Easy (rss) |
| Root privileges | No |
| Requirements | None |
| Time | 1m |
$ crontab -e
But, if EDITOR or VISUAL is not set, so you will see an error as follows:
Fig.01: Linux crontab: no crontab for veryv – using an empty one
So to fix this error and use vim as a text editor, type (bash/sh/ksh shell specific syntax):
export EDITOR=vim
OR if you are using emacs editor, run:
export EDITOR=emacs
Or if you are using nano text editor, enter:
export EDITOR=nano
Finally, try to edit or set new cron jobs, enter:
crontab -e
I recommend that you edit your shell ~/.bashrc file and append the following line:
export EDITOR=vim
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Hello There
Thank you so much for this post. It helped me a lot.
Actually I was trying setup CRON but I haven’t found the correct way and the missing
point which I found here only.
Again, Thank you for sharing this.
Regards.
Thank You.