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Hi Guys

I my solaris 10.When i log in as user talat and try to schedule any task .First i change the editor by

bash-3.00$export EDITOR=vi

then

bash-3.00$crontab -e

after adding task i save it with:wq

It gives me following msg

crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
crontab: errors detected in input, no crontab file generated.

What to do.

Regard
Talat

Hi,

What's in the crontab, or what are you trying to put in the crontab? Looks like there's a line that's not correct.

BTW: If you want to make vi the permanent editor you can put the EDITOR=vi line in your ~/.profile (or /etc/profile to make it global for all users).

Hope this helps.