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Crontab -e Errors out could not exec the editor

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jgl99

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Using SCO 5.0.2. Can not edit the cronfile with crontab.
Error Crontab: could not exec the editor

The editor is vi

What am I missing?
Thanks for any help!
 
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What does echo $EDITOR display?

Does just typing $EDITOR at the prompt load vi properly? Annihilannic.
 
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It was set to vi.
I changed it to /usr/bin/vi and it now works.

Thanks
 
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