Why I've got no crontab entry on OS X when using vim?

The Solution to Why I've got no crontab entry on OS X when using vim? is


Just follow these steps:

  1. In Terminal: crontab -e.
  2. Press i to go into vim's insert mode.
  3. Type your cron job, for example:

    30 * * * * /usr/bin/curl --silent --compressed http://example.com/crawlink.php
    
  4. Press Esc to exit vim's insert mode.

  5. Type ZZ to exit vim (must be capital letters).
  6. You should see the following message: crontab: installing new crontab. You can verify the crontab file by using crontab -l.

Note however that this might not work depending on the content of your ~/.vimrc file.

~ Answered on 2013-05-24 09:48:24


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