How to edit crontab file in solaris

Please advise me. Edit Crontab. Hi I am new to Unix and would like some assistance. I need to edit the crontab file so that a script is set to run at am each day. When I telnet to the sun server and type crontab -e a black screen appears and I am unable to make any changes. Could you advice on what is needed to Can't edit crontab. I saw a post on here a while back describing how to edit a crontab file when I'm not able to edit it via crontab -e.

Crontab - Recommended way to edit? What is the best way to modify the crontab file?? Edit the file and then use crontab 'filename'??? I do not know how to use pico editor - so I cannot modify it this way, Any help is appreciated. RedHat Commands. OpenSolaris Commands.

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Open a terminal window. Type in this command and then hit Enter: sudo update-alternatives —config editor 3. After making changes to a file, press [Esc] to shift to the command mode and press :w and hit [Enter] to save a file. Use the following command to list the scheduled cron jobs for the currently logged in user.

In the output command will show you all the list of cron jobs running under this user. If you want to display the cron jobs of another user then we can check that by using following command. To stop the cron from running, kill the command by referencing the PID. Returning to the command output, the second column from the left is the PID You may now run the ps ufx.

The crontab command opens the crontab for editing, and lets you add, remove, or modify scheduled tasks. Cron allows Linux and Unix users to run commands or scripts at a given date and time.

You can schedule scripts to be executed periodically. The following command entry added to a new crontab file automatically removes any log files from Mary's home directory at am every Sunday morning. Doing so ensures that the command executes properly. Exit Print View. Search Scope:. This Document Entire Library.

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