On 01/23/2013 05:41 AM, Adekoya Adekunle wrote: > i tried this(gedit /etc/crontab). it loads a file. the content of this > file is different from what i have in crontab -e. why the difference ? > > > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>wrote: > >> >> Am 23.01.2013 12:23, schrieb Adekoya Adekunle: >>> hi, >>> >>> How can I open crontab with gedit any any other editor ? >>> i want to edit my cron jobs with other editors beside vi >> su - >> gedit /etc/crontab crontab -e is the crontab for the specific user in question (who you are logged as) ... while /etc/crontab is the "system" crontab. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20130123/370a0fb3/attachment-0004.sig>