From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 23 14:29:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA12648 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 14:29:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rio.pii.com (rio.pii.com [192.77.209.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA12633 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 14:29:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robertc@rio.pii.com) Received: from localhost (robertc@localhost) by rio.pii.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA13615; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 14:58:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 14:58:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Clark To: Quintin Oliver cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crontab syntax In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message