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| author | Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-01-21 06:28:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-01-21 06:33:48 +0000 |
| commit | 53d6b23765ca27ac7eca4096b2a83e84631c4ec8 (patch) | |
| tree | fe31976712a0cb19c7347af7f7db8938552dffd2 | |
| parent | 21a7a9ef8b49ce21b87c8526b526f97cc91fdd43 (diff) | |
cron.8: clarify system crontab format
PR: 234504
MFC after: 1 week
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 | 11 |
1 files 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 |