From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 16:29:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32A3EFB8; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:29:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00EAF8FC15; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:29:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qA1GTE19030971; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:29:14 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id qA1GTERU030969; Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:29:14 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201211011629.qA1GTERU030969@svn.freebsd.org> From: Warren Block Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:29:14 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:29:15 -0000 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 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" root. - Let us take a look at /etc/crontab - (the system crontab): + Let us take a look at /etc/crontab, + the system crontab: # /etc/crontab - root's crontab for &os; # @@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ HOME=/var/log - Like most &os; configuration files, the - # character represents a comment. A + Like most &os; configuration files, lines that begin with the + # 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 This is the basic setup for every crontab file, although there is one thing different about this one. Field number six, where we specified - the username, only exists in the system - /etc/crontab. This field should be + the username, only exists in the system crontab. + This field should be omitted for individual user crontab files.