Hi, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > Package: cron > Version: 3.0pl1-104 > > The first form below does not work. > > $ echo -e 'zzz=\n* * * * * date'|crontab - > "-":0: bad minute > errors in crontab file, can't install. > $ echo -e '* * * * * date'|crontab - > $ echo -e 'zzz=4\n* * * * * date'|crontab - > $ echo -e 'zzz=""\n* * * * * date'|crontab - > $ > > It might be documented in the small print somewhere, but at least you > must admit that the error message is wrong.
Thanks for your report. The code from cron-4.1 too fails to identify this issue. In fact, it looks as if such a construct were intentionally forbidden. I added a note to the man page. Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
