From nobody Wed Jan 21 06:34:08 2026 X-Original-To: dev-commits-src-all@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4dwvYF1md7z6PlLh for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:34:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R13" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4dwvYF0W6Kz3dCS for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:34:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1768977249; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=uqhkosCdFQtUvlUeDcvGOVJFGGd5XA9rlz7POEx9RIU=; b=H4btYm2tcs5HJgzkkg0T/Mr8VRrp7c8NNloSPWffONJ8kPqGsgOT8w8/LWI9cB93qC0QGx rSwc3WqB86lX6IRzVpVb0yQbUuM7Nk3PTM3M/taGqUUuBbvAMptGJEIK+vBHyy3pH2HGBX 1BLJUAkbLhOURzoo6wrgNs38S0xlCEfHBUbehTegfNNGfyWUx1OTW99r8NkCR5F5ADCx42 18+5ZJEIkSrv/RV8GMHmcuDxaAl0J+3F7wPXCA+lGuVEddfrjcKfdAG6w+dDcjDt8BEyHD Ggh4zRqPCqT1LaiAzsRGOSXhQyirZd/N+pvaF68VgMK9jlbP5n92Qx8ioUtlUQ== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1768977249; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=uqhkosCdFQtUvlUeDcvGOVJFGGd5XA9rlz7POEx9RIU=; b=beq9ZVTYN1z+pPA/A8IpD30ka10ka59YPuUG8N2L38SHiafH4+IeAde44gyJqV2T5NrYiY 4c9TPGYhrWzcoReMbCJSTmQuErqrXtHmCkcJKP3UngDtWKu3L1jtAotIEJmWsyYu6Cjuq1 NsOFMdhvwwf+lbji1zH3WZcerqyjcip1YdVSDeGnha28jP+2yN11CiXC+zFXu+5imcS4NL zEaLWAZmnxtILpE4da3i0QgCpChChnmusCGKTE/JMUlRB81BR3LYRz2I51IsA9oZ8qddCi 0uUvL6U85833i72HSLFebk4s4UdIXySsyYG2Xl0SvKup7vSGnzga7PUWhpo7QQ== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1768977249; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=gy6bUKeAyTG2Wm5kTTK7dkE1C6Q5y/KgkUTx3jQURkMdI5qSqiBXOTmpp5FtiL/kI3wak2 Qyte9h1f5UYOwrxgvUNpBOLFKbEhOt8Y6Isd0uyc6meg7mQZ/zc5lUQee/pPLJAGtTqoqo oezhC/IfAuKnCpSIFSbcPee9AoqpAiSIPCMeFDgXSt924/d0KoQ4kZYHCRkmwRIGbb4+YM tnH3GGq86zJNAfDICgg3ndy8Y5K//jumrwM5JFK95IrRl11u2eJn1iKG7bhmjPEugs55ox o9g2Dz+RplqLd4CdkD7Iqrqa3dO81EhH1kjBxzI1HnVMB4ylemfEnEfN/HrN7g== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4dwvYF0416zcvK for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:34:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from git (uid 1279) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) id 442ac by gitrepo.freebsd.org (DragonFly Mail Agent v0.13+ on gitrepo.freebsd.org); Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:34:08 +0000 To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org From: Xin LI Subject: git: 53d6b23765ca - main - cron.8: clarify system crontab format List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the src repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-all List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: delphij X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 53d6b23765ca27ac7eca4096b2a83e84631c4ec8 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:34:08 +0000 Message-Id: <69707360.442ac.6a268f92@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch main has been updated by delphij: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=53d6b23765ca27ac7eca4096b2a83e84631c4ec8 commit 53d6b23765ca27ac7eca4096b2a83e84631c4ec8 Author: Xin LI AuthorDate: 2026-01-21 06:28:39 +0000 Commit: Xin LI CommitDate: 2026-01-21 06:33:48 +0000 cron.8: clarify system crontab format PR: 234504 MFC after: 1 week --- usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 b/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 index 782bbce2fb6e..23a295393df5 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ .\" .\" $Id: cron.8,v 1.2 1998/08/14 00:32:36 vixie Exp $ .\" -.Dd February 9, 2022 +.Dd January 20, 2026 .Dt CRON 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -53,14 +53,15 @@ for crontab files which are named after accounts in crontabs found are loaded into memory. The .Nm -utility also searches for +utility also searches .Pa /etc/crontab and files in .Pa /etc/cron.d and -.Pa /usr/local/etc/cron.d -which are in a different format (see -.Xr crontab 5 ) . +.Pa /usr/local/etc/cron.d , +which use the system crontab format described in +.Xr crontab 5 +(including a user field). .Pp The .Nm