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[rancid] Changing the Default Editor rancid uses
Traiano Welcome
2008-09-18 09:23:05 UTC
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Hi List

Is it possible to change the default editor rancid uses by setting it in the rancid.conf file? How many places would it be possible to set the rancid editor for rancid (assuming a standard linux operating system like Debian or Ubuntu).

Thanks,
Traiano
Chris Gauthier
2008-09-18 16:34:45 UTC
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Rancid doesn't use an "editor." Can you clarify your question or
describe what you are trying to do in a different way?



Chris



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Hi List

Is it possible to change the default editor rancid uses by setting it in
the rancid.conf file? How many places would it be possible to set the
rancid editor for rancid (assuming a standard linux operating system
like Debian or Ubuntu).

Thanks,
Traiano
Traiano Welcome
2008-09-19 08:20:57 UTC
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Hi Chris

(This particular question was answered earlier by members of the list)

Basically, the question was: "Is it possible to set the EDITOR variable in the environment the rancid user uses by configuring it in the rancid.conf file, and would this have the same effect as setting it in the ".cshrc" for the the rancid user."

Agreed that RANCID doesn't "use an editor" and that setting the EDITOR variable will have no effect whatsoever on the operation of RANCID.

Thanks,
Traiano





-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Gauthier [mailto:***@mapscu.com]
Sent: Thu 9/18/2008 6:34 PM
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Subject: RE: [rancid] Changing the Default Editor rancid uses

Rancid doesn't use an "editor." Can you clarify your question or
describe what you are trying to do in a different way?



Chris



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Subject: [rancid] Changing the Default Editor rancid uses



Hi List

Is it possible to change the default editor rancid uses by setting it in
the rancid.conf file? How many places would it be possible to set the
rancid editor for rancid (assuming a standard linux operating system
like Debian or Ubuntu).

Thanks,
Traiano

Daniel Medina
2008-09-18 16:39:46 UTC
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Post by Traiano Welcome
Is it possible to change the default editor rancid uses by setting it in the
rancid.conf file? How many places would it be possible to set the rancid
editor for rancid (assuming a standard linux operating system like Debian or
Ubuntu).
The Rancid scripts doen't use $EDITOR anywhere that I've ever seen.

If you want to change the value for the user you have running the scripts
("rancid" account or other), you can do that in the normal shell initialization
scripts.
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Dan
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