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Date:      Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:44:52 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 253969] The manual page for crontab is incorrect
Message-ID:  <bug-253969-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D253969

            Bug ID: 253969
           Summary: The manual page for crontab is incorrect
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Manual Pages
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: benkasminbullock@gmail.com
                CC: doc@FreeBSD.org

The "man 5 crontab" claims:

     Names can also be used for the ``month'' and ``day of week'' fields.  =
Use
     the first three letters of the particular day or month (case does not
     matter).  Ranges or lists of names are not allowed.

However, ranges such as mon-fri or lists such as mon,tue do work. This can
easily be confirmed by adding lines such as

* * * * mon-fri echo "boo"
* * * Mar,Apr wed,thu echo "baa"

to crontab.

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