Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 16:33:27 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 234504] cron(8) manual content error Message-ID: <bug-234504-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D234504 Bug ID: 234504 Summary: cron(8) manual content error Product: Base System Version: 12.0-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: conf Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: qjail1@a1poweruser.com The last sentence of the second paragraph under the Description heading of cron(8)says. "The cron utility also searches for /etc/crontab and files in /etc/cron.d a= nd /usr/local/etc/cron.d which are in a different format (see crontab(5))." On review of crontab(5) there is no mention of a "different" format for tho= se 2 paths, IE: /etc/cron.d and /usr/local/etc/cron.d I think the second paragraph needs to be rewritten to clarify to the reader exactly what the cron utility is expecting as a control file. The following is my draft of what it should say. The cron utility uses a file formatted as defined by crontab(5) to control = it's actions. The host system default is /etc/crontab which should not be change= d. Additional crontab(5) defined files with unique file names may be placed in /etc/cron.d or /usr/local/etc/cron.d also /var/cron/tabs may contain files named after accounts in the /etc/passwd file as documented in crontab(1). F= ile content read from these path locations are merged together and loaded into memory for use by the cron utility. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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