Re: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at install time

2024-07-05 Thread K R
Hi Jason, On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 5:31 PM Jason McIntyre wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 12:01:55AM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 10:08:09PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > > > > > > A random value (within the legal range) may be obtained by using > > > >

Re: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at install time

2024-07-04 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 12:01:55AM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 10:08:09PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > > > > A random value (within the legal range) may be obtained by using the > > > ???~??? > > > character in a field. The interval of the random

Re: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at install time

2024-07-04 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2024/07/04 00:01, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 10:08:09PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > > > > A random value (within the legal range) may be obtained by using the > > > ???~??? > > > character in a field. The interval of the random value may be > > >

Re: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at install time

2024-07-03 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 10:08:09PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > > A random value (within the legal range) may be obtained by using the > > ???~??? > > character in a field. The interval of the random value may be > > specified > > explicitly, for example ???0~30??? will

Re: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at install time

2024-07-03 Thread Theo de Raadt
Stuart Henderson wrote: > The '~' character gets expanded to a random value when the > .Nm crontab > is loaded. Yes. > "The allowed values for the fields" above misses the various > possibilities involving ~ too. It's crazy text, especially the phrase "(within the legal range)" just loses the

Re: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at install time

2024-07-03 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2024/07/03 17:56, K R wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 12:31 PM Jason McIntyre wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 10:52:46AM -0300, K R wrote: > > > >Synopsis: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at > > &g

Re: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at install time

2024-07-03 Thread K R
Hi, On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 12:31 PM Jason McIntyre wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 10:52:46AM -0300, K R wrote: > > >Synopsis: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at > > >install time > > >Category: documentation system

Re: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at install time

2024-07-03 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 10:52:46AM -0300, K R wrote: > >Synopsis: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at > >install time > >Category: documentation system amd64 > >Environment: > System : OpenBSD 7.5 > De

crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at install time

2024-07-03 Thread K R
>Synopsis: crontab(5) clarification: "~" field is evaluated once at >install time >Category: documentation system amd64 >Environment: System : OpenBSD 7.5 Details : OpenBSD 7.5-current (GENERIC) #150: Wed Jun 26 20:30:54 MDT 2024 dera...@