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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 16:28:23 +0300
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From: "Ehud Karni" <ehud AT unix DOT mvs DOT co DOT il>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc: lucianoav AT gmx DOT net
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cron-3.0.1-9
In-reply-to: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0304162128240.15874-100000@slinky.cs.nyu.edu>
	(message from Igor Pechtchanski on Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:37:28 -0400
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:37:28 -0400 (EDT), Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> 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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