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Date:      Fri, 23 Oct 1998 14:58:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Robert Clark <robertc@rio.pii.com>
To:        Quintin Oliver <quintin@smlt.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Crontab syntax
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981023145339.6865D-100000@rio.pii.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981023104459.20084B-100000@orion.smlt.com>

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Down at the bottom of the output from "man crontab" you may see a line
that says something like:

See also
	crontab(5), cron(8)

If you see something like that, it means that there may be more than one
manpage for a given command.

The number after crontab in the see also stuff, tells what section of man
to look in.

"man 5 crontab" will get you that info.

It is always worth chasing a few of the refs down, its surprising what is
out there.

[RC]

On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Quintin Oliver wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Where can I find the syntax for the /etc/crontab file, I assumed that a
> `man crontab' would have the relevant information but it doesn't.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Quintin.
> 
> 
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