Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:29:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r39900 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config Message-ID: <201211011629.qA1GTERU030969@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Thu Nov 1 16:29:14 2012 New Revision: 39900 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39900 Log: Clarify that /etc/crontab is the system crontab. Submitted by: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml Thu Nov 1 16:14:05 2012 (r39899) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml Thu Nov 1 16:29:14 2012 (r39900) @@ -520,8 +520,8 @@ run_rc_command "$1"</programlisting> <username>root</username>.</para> </note> - <para>Let us take a look at <filename>/etc/crontab</filename> - (the system crontab):</para> + <para>Let us take a look at <filename>/etc/crontab</filename>, + the system crontab:</para> <programlisting># /etc/crontab - root's crontab for &os; # @@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ HOME=/var/log <calloutlist> <callout arearefs="co-comments"> - <para>Like most &os; configuration files, the - <literal>#</literal> character represents a comment. A + <para>Like most &os; configuration files, lines that begin with the + <literal>#</literal> character are comments. A comment can be placed in the file as a reminder of what and why a desired action is performed. Comments cannot be on the same line as a command or else they will be interpreted as @@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ HOME=/var/log <para>This is the basic setup for every <filename>crontab</filename> file, although there is one thing different about this one. Field number six, where we specified - the username, only exists in the system - <filename>/etc/crontab</filename>. This field should be + the username, only exists in the system <filename>crontab</filename>. + This field should be omitted for individual user <filename>crontab</filename> files.</para>
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