[chef] ERROR: RuntimeError: Please set EDITOR environment variable

[Tom Hodder < >]

Ohai chefs,

I've just setup a workstation on windows, and I'm getting the following error when I try to edit a data bag;

$ knife data bag edit tomhodder tomhodder

ERROR: RuntimeError: Please set EDITOR environment variable

I've tried various combinations of vi, vim, /bin/vim and /bin/vi like so;

$ export EDITOR=/bin/vim

but its still rather stubbornly returning;

$ knife data bag edit tomhodder tomhodder

ERROR: RuntimeError: Please set EDITOR environment variable

Interestingly, I can't get it to bite on any of the options versions of providing the EDITOR, using "-e" or "--editor";

$ knife data bag edit tomhodder tomhodder -e vim

ERROR: RuntimeError: Please set EDITOR environment variable

$ knife data bag edit tomhodder tomhodder --editor vim

ERROR: RuntimeError: Please set EDITOR environment variable

$ knife data bag edit tomhodder tomhodder --editor /bin/vim

ERROR: RuntimeError: Please set EDITOR environment variable

any suggestions?