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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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