Le Thursday 05 October 2006 à 09:02:59 +0100, Nick Leverton a écrit:
> I believe the previous two patches are incorrect, because the fields in
> "sort +n" are numbered starting from zero, whereas "sort -k n" numbers
> the fields from 1.  So "sort +1" is equivalent to "sort -k2".
> 
> The attached patch to /etc/cron.monthly/acct allows for this difference,
> and prevents the monthly email about this deprecated syntax.

I confirm that this patch is working correctly, I have tested it, and
"sort +1" must be replaced by "sort -k2" to have the same functionality.

Thank you Nick for pointing this.

Hope this patch can be included in the next acct version.

Best regards

-- 
Loïc

"heaven is not a place, it's a feeling"

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