Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cron-3.0.1-9
From: "Ehud Karni" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 16:28:23 +0300

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:37:28 -0400 (EDT), Igor Pechtchanski <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> 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).

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.

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