* Bruce Ferrell
And the winner is...
When the syntax in .bashrc is:
EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe
EDITOR is "set" and not available i.e. echo $EDITOR show /usr/bin/joe but it doesn't work
EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe export EDITOR
or
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe
results in the variable set and usable
crontab -e
get's joe as it's editor
the moral of the story is bash variables must set AND exported
Forget crontab. In ~.bashrc I have: export EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe I start a new shell echo $EDITOR /usr/bin/mcedit THAT is not right! I can change ~.bashrc to EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe export EDITOR with the same result, /usr/bin/mcedit! -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org