On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 01:43:57PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > I suspect that we need to document that packages may rely on @reboot, > @yearly, @monthly, @weekly, @daily, and @hourly, and also on the */2 > syntax. We also need to document that, contrary POSIX, files in > /etc/cron.d have seven fields instead of six, with the sixth field naming > the local user as which the cron job runs. That's a common error when > writing cron.d files. > > Do both of our proposed cron daemons support that same syntax? (Does > anyone here use bcron to comment on that?)
bcron supports the */n syntax, but not @reboot and the other @*. See http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bcrontab&sektion=5 Regards, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org