From nobody Wed Jan 28 05:55:13 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 4f1BM63Wbcz6QQZ7 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:55:14 +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 4f1BM55bqWz483q for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:55:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1769579713; 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=j893cN9w09tpZUasRd1jb3CIrG5uMdN5Py4GrCwD2r8=; b=pAl+zCW+y75Vg2tuk/gWSeCzh2bDqun4G/lhH3N0UQ7/Qea0OWax8lIgfq9M9oetbS34lR wl/heQwl4/77HO7dC+hyqaml8VHmPKDN8PZfP/IxncTShK+DRDJETgINgIWFXP0Q3rqXYt /oE+VLdQufNV92eA5zOpuEvAEWmpNhS5YSqDlT1pop4JjyUrqDwfg4lyO0CVqXT5TkdZKi 0iI4BkK6n4ug/6KQTauCi+Iq88h5PXl89YoJHo/5tue/3Bswb2UmMBtSZhnvHbkZkUP1at 3vaUju2PUzBfDEDWZcDyxk6VYX67n0CiUKRQCwZEUPhxmuFxnO3euy0k/Wo+cg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1769579713; 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=j893cN9w09tpZUasRd1jb3CIrG5uMdN5Py4GrCwD2r8=; b=CFHU2GSsjDfzYbir+7rFjSZXPQoKsxuzFKwXQg3efxDT+0iP1AMnz7tprs47lrRG+aFMGK +//kxxhIwhhlHRORG2YzP/flq9I5QTk85Ssyr5DM0jN6v5FVsMTZ3IceZUkSNP16QYiqmA ommNJb6tIaLe58UYrSWwQ8DngotPMI/KG+s7sTBptu/SOoHQr68htT1JXazydaJWZ3p49U ne+0NfaraIWYfje4b27VW2YM6hu0HOkaj9DYZ/JEa8RZ+vAXRjlpktkQ0h6bxJnWF4+SHO hXWb24c07f+V7iJZKQdwTvZBFhoidcIhTX4JCj5z90+jppmKpwArY4csjOOq5A== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1769579713; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=ID+kCWB8owCzXpHPzJdG7ab7g4i8eBfr5wizQO7QIajHG13Qm/Gc3wv40R4AA2Y/hkNeoJ lk2YkfEgTFVBe950555xRO4ZcijfcWkIDFKe+udaLgTfLgLN5ed+4v7hMazRJrHwpy4fux Bij0YTETDjVmDmt1DPaIQdqiHHy6ozQlrQ3RC9Hmi2HaWjFDny5ZMum+Yuy7+2Snk1QCZt sS8+VhvKEk8MdmQSJK1xTuhcP7Vt+6qfbAKSgl0KoWOEAKKKBOpMsn/G1d4rX1vFYHRWzT 4rqqPeH17enDuxySVFqT2dUIvK/Ul7w9eODyxq0MjIsgMU8g9TSE0hhn8df8TA== 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 4f1BM54KJQzh1F for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:55:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from git (uid 1279) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) id af00 by gitrepo.freebsd.org (DragonFly Mail Agent v0.13+ on gitrepo.freebsd.org); Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:55:13 +0000 To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org From: Xin LI Subject: git: 300a68afe094 - stable/14 - 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/14 X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 300a68afe0947923ef0f09ff46a5d572e4ec86b2 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:55:13 +0000 Message-Id: <6979a4c1.af00.425a3b6a@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch stable/14 has been updated by delphij: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=300a68afe0947923ef0f09ff46a5d572e4ec86b2 commit 300a68afe0947923ef0f09ff46a5d572e4ec86b2 Author: Xin LI AuthorDate: 2026-01-21 06:28:39 +0000 Commit: Xin LI CommitDate: 2026-01-28 05:54:34 +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