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Re: Using $EDITOR (Was Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cron-3.0.1-9)


On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, Ehud Karni wrote:

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> On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:37:28 -0400 (EDT), Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu> wrote:
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> > Yes, you can do that.  That way programs like crontab will invoke your
> > editor when they need to edit a file.  However, be aware that such
> > programs often expect certain behavior, for example, that the inode of the
> > file doesn't change when it's edited (i.e., the file is written in place).
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> This can be easily done with a script (use its name for $EDITOR):
>
> #!/bin/sh
> cp $1 /temp/crontab/name           # copy to a temp file
> <YOUR_EDITOR> /temp/crontab/name   # edit it (e.g. with emacs)
> cat /temp/crontab/name > $1        # save as original file (and inode)
>
> Ehud.

Ehud,

Actually, you might want to use "cp -p", just in case the editor checks
timestamps, but otherwise, good point.  You might also have to clean up if
the editor renames the original file to *.bak or something, but this is
editor-specific.  You also will need the "ash" package installed for this
(trivial, but thought I'd mention it for the archives anyway).
	Igor
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