lin q wrote: > I wonder what the problem is, I can start vi by running, /usr/bin/vi.
What does "ls -l /usr/bin/vi" report? And your cygcheck output would have been helpful. > I also tried "export EDITRO=/usr/bin/vi" and "export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim", > neither one works. I think it uses VISUAL. Check the manpage of crontab. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/