Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 23:40:25 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: Rogier Steehouder <r.j.s@gmx.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: crontab entries need a CR/LF at the end Message-ID: <20020214224025.GA1508@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <200202142235.g1EMZIk29951@lists.unixathome.org> References: <200202141955.g1EJt3k28638@lists.unixathome.org> <200202142235.g1EMZIk29951@lists.unixathome.org>
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On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 05:35:13PM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > On 14 Feb 2002 at 23:09, Rogier Steehouder wrote: > > > On my 4.4-RELEASE crontab(5) gives: > > > > > The ``sixth'' field (the rest of the line) specifies the command to be > > > run. The entire command portion of the line, up to a newline or % > > ^^^^^^^ > > > character, will be executed by /bin/sh or by the shell specified in > > > the SHELL variable of the cronfile. Percent-signs (%) in the command, > > > unless escaped with backslash (\), will be changed into newline > > > characters, and all data after the first % will be sent to the command as > > > standard input. > > Thank you for pointing that out. > > > So, yes, it needs a newline character at the end. > > I disagree. It appears that newline or % is used to delimit one command > from another. It does not mention end of file. It doesn't have to. In Unix a 'line' is generally defined as zero or more non-newline characters followed by a newline. So if it doesn't have a newline at the end, it isn't a line. > -- > Dan Langille > The FreeBSD Diary - http://freebsddiary.org/ - practical examples > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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