Using cron on OpenWrt

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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What editor is used by default when executing "crontab -e " command?

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OpenWrt uses vi as its default text editor:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/base-system/user.beginner.cli#editing_files

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Is it possible to install nano editor?
...already found how to do it

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opkg update
opkg install nano

Or use the web interface:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/base-system/cron#web_interface

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Thanks for answer. How to make nano default editor for crontab?

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You can change the default editor by specifying the EDITOR variable:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/base-system/user.beginner.cli#profile_customization

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I just didn't get, do I have to enter

export EDITOR=nano
EOF
. /etc/profile

after executing "cat << EOF >> /etc/profile.d/custom.sh"?
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Copy-paste the whole block of code to the terminal.

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That worked.

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