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| − | When Vim is called from < |
+ | When Vim is called from <code>crontab -e</code> it will not work if the '<code>backup</code>' option is set to ''no'' or ''auto''. (I get the error message |
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when exiting Vim.) There is some information at {{help|crontab}} but it does not suggest how to fix the problem. So far, adding this to my vimrc file seems to work: |
when exiting Vim.) There is some information at {{help|crontab}} but it does not suggest how to fix the problem. So far, adding this to my vimrc file seems to work: |
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| − | The temporary file created by crontab on Mac OS X is named something like < |
+ | The temporary file created by crontab on Mac OS X is named something like <code>/private/tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX</code> (with a random string of characters at the end). On other systems, you may need to use a different pattern. |
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| + | Another option that can be set in vimrc tip from ( http://tim.theenchanter.com/2008_07_01_archive.html ) is |
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| + | set backupskip=/tmp/*,/private/tmp/* |
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==Comments== |
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| + | You can also create a file ~/.vim/ftplugin/crontab.vim with the following content: |
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| + | set backupcopy=yes |
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Revision as of 16:45, 22 August 2014
When Vim is called from crontab -e it will not work if the 'backup' option is set to no or auto. (I get the error message
crontab: temp file must be edited in place
when exiting Vim.) There is some information at :help crontab but it does not suggest how to fix the problem. So far, adding this to my vimrc file seems to work:
au BufEnter /private/tmp/crontab.* setl backupcopy=yes
The temporary file created by crontab on Mac OS X is named something like /private/tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX (with a random string of characters at the end). On other systems, you may need to use a different pattern.
Another option that can be set in vimrc tip from ( http://tim.theenchanter.com/2008_07_01_archive.html ) is
set backupskip=/tmp/*,/private/tmp/*
Comments
You can also create a file ~/.vim/ftplugin/crontab.vim with the following content:
set backupcopy=yes