From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 26 03:22:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA28248 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 03:22:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from prometheus.smlt.com (prometheus.smlt.com [195.172.80.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA28226 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 03:22:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from quintin@smlt.com) Received: from orion.smlt.com (orion.smlt.com [195.172.80.149]) by prometheus.smlt.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA02138; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:21:59 GMT Received: from localhost (quintin@localhost) by orion.smlt.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA24786; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:49:51 GMT Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:49:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Quintin Oliver To: Robert Clark 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 Yep, got that, thanks :) Quintin. On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Robert Clark wrote: > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message