Module Name: src
Committed By: christos
Date: Thu Jul 15 22:18:20 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/external/bsd/cron/dist: crontab.5
Log Message:
Document the format of the system crontab file, since cron(8) says that we do.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.2 -r1.3 src/external/bsd/cron/dist/crontab.5
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Index: src/external/bsd/cron/dist/crontab.5
diff -u src/external/bsd/cron/dist/crontab.5:1.2 src/external/bsd/cron/dist/crontab.5:1.3
--- src/external/bsd/cron/dist/crontab.5:1.2 Thu May 6 14:53:17 2010
+++ src/external/bsd/cron/dist/crontab.5 Thu Jul 15 18:18:20 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: crontab.5,v 1.2 2010/05/06 18:53:17 christos Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: crontab.5,v 1.3 2010/07/15 22:18:20 christos Exp $
.\"
.\"/* Copyright 1988,1990,1993,1994 by Paul Vixie
.\" * All rights reserved
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
.\"
.\" Id: crontab.5,v 2.4 1994/01/15 20:43:43 vixie Exp
.\"
-.Dd April 4, 2009
+.Dd July 15, 2010
.Dt CRONTAB 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -244,9 +244,21 @@
doesn't matter).
Ranges or lists of names are not allowed.
.Pp
+If the
+.Nm
+file is the system crontab
+.Pa /etc/crontab ,
+then the next (
+.Dq sixth )
+field contains the username to run the command as.
+.Pp
The
.Dq sixth
-field (the rest of the line) specifies the command to be run.
+field (or the
+.Dq seventh
+one for
+.Pa /etc/crontab )
+(the rest of the line) specifies the command to be run.
The entire command portion of the line, up to a newline or percent
signs
.Pq Sq % ,
