From nobody Wed Jan 28 05:55:14 2026 X-Original-To: dev-commits-src-branches@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4f1BM700yBz6QQZD for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:55:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R13" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4f1BM64n0gz4827 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:55:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1769579714; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=e5LhBb8wZG8sYtyuw+vtON0RqtRPYpnbtlrUdRH7uuU=; b=MgKNOrjQWrrUX9p514Boy2FstOOXJ6tLMWP1lLeEiPY3E0+FbAF5HhU2WXFVY/Z0zX2T/E MXMPghbmUHJFw9mW29jTGKix6eyZ7bL5Rx7Me+UFxj6PgNzq2oKtW2fWdJsBXdU7fIbhb9 lXKK+QfcBraOJhXkrPVzdyvxUUgu3/gRHtTw6qhg/LGDp9fdHolL2pEcVOZWwkkJbh+X/B MDLigD0YkL1jdPvMLcmhJqL7ME2eLAI4ujWrCe9JeFStgP0p1PFE8/RHDTmyhuB3rgxoRa MfZ8XW55iLZWZZJp3QQ318wjeoyBUU308viIXfXd2LbuJj/bSjlep5V1YSeiqg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1769579714; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=e5LhBb8wZG8sYtyuw+vtON0RqtRPYpnbtlrUdRH7uuU=; b=pbVtYwVqpo7ZkHq3plYFwUTE418LzYuJ6tsLLLFyp+ZENPDUA5ueSAVbfD/+ZlIrBIY1uf z2c8bWmTojHq2JYghJBMS8pyi0EHmWtauXGQaMqTprg6m3Gj9SCjE5DfjXgSNrp5rGugsM 37kmoxHXVixdBRBcPmKvSewD20b7kb/WA+u4qIwfMmqvA7gb0yeZ7Z+Y+mVL4aK3Z2FAtq Vy9cmoOflKrVzHcafCqu/3CdgxrNr00vqcA+PpYy+lCFYwY1cTRoLoMoRUd6+eXfxYU3d8 KEAwnkWLyKFbozkxR8xS/O90fzzmGAOmHjZ1QSSdUsycjajzV09oJK79ZrlzOQ== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1769579714; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=r/HfjH7JjBX4PHBno+U+0aA6Jb8spa6MCK/PCHt/W8oE9zX9IRX04+AFg1HXgyFTFR3gIc 4Dzd+/ojvXB3gnVyergwyu73LrziLqHilwFPrradFUXf+mCQ33CSOBHP+A4bFghVnhda3f 3yaCWHoBLTOr4wReyNTMtb/ID25pKAl3dhG2DYAZVnACO6jLAWk9alg3AJPZiAE3QmAwxV 30vzQSGAzCuMkRkRoK12xFr7w2WrPFggK/u575ZTaEDwr/0sWWZiZsKNkvH0zMBBHNktlx 3CewbLvaAZVLKmoeb2/XJntXAiznZo3wjEmgKTfoKohMHStrNtZDn3hff/r5Vw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4f1BM64KxczgPQ for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:55:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from git (uid 1279) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) id a3ed by gitrepo.freebsd.org (DragonFly Mail Agent v0.13+ on gitrepo.freebsd.org); Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:55:14 +0000 To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org From: Xin LI Subject: git: d2fb6b8f80cc - stable/15 - cron.8: clarify system crontab format List-Id: Commits to the stable branches of the FreeBSD src repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-branches List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-branches@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: delphij X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/stable/15 X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: d2fb6b8f80cc63df05be433bed8990f79a6e2fd2 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:55:14 +0000 Message-Id: <6979a4c2.a3ed.573c6ada@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch stable/15 has been updated by delphij: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=d2fb6b8f80cc63df05be433bed8990f79a6e2fd2 commit d2fb6b8f80cc63df05be433bed8990f79a6e2fd2 Author: Xin LI AuthorDate: 2026-01-21 06:28:39 +0000 Commit: Xin LI CommitDate: 2026-01-28 05:54:14 +0000 cron.8: clarify system crontab format PR: 234504 (cherry picked from commit 53d6b23765ca27ac7eca4096b2a83e84631c4ec8) --- usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 b/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 index 782bbce2fb6e..23a295393df5 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ .\" .\" $Id: cron.8,v 1.2 1998/08/14 00:32:36 vixie Exp $ .\" -.Dd February 9, 2022 +.Dd January 20, 2026 .Dt CRON 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -53,14 +53,15 @@ for crontab files which are named after accounts in crontabs found are loaded into memory. The .Nm -utility also searches for +utility also searches .Pa /etc/crontab and files in .Pa /etc/cron.d and -.Pa /usr/local/etc/cron.d -which are in a different format (see -.Xr crontab 5 ) . +.Pa /usr/local/etc/cron.d , +which use the system crontab format described in +.Xr crontab 5 +(including a user field). .Pp The .Nm