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If you want to use the emacs editor for editing cron jobs, then, set the following in your "/home/user/.bash_profile" EDITOR=emacs Then, to edit cron jobs $ crontab -e You may want to put in the following header

cron is a Nix utility that allows tasks to be automatically run in the background at regular intervals by the cron daemon. These tasks are often termed as cron jobs in Nix.  Crontab (CRON TABle) is a file which contains the schedule of cron entries to be run and at specified times. This document covers following aspects of Unix cron jobs  Crontab Restrictions  Crontab Commands  Crontab file – syntax  Crontab Example  Crontab Environment  Disable Email  Generate log file for crontab activity