On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:29:02 -0500, Mark Felder wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:06:21 -0500, Robert Bonomi > <bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote: > > > Comment: using a leading zero on the numeric fields is a BAD IDEA(tm) -- > > you > > are *strongly* encocuraged to remove them. Yes, that means numbers will > > not > > be column aligned, but it is a small price to pay to avoid the > > hair-tearing > > that =will= ensue when using it bites you. > > Any other info on this? I've never heard of this before and I've never > seen an issue using leading zeroes on the minutes value.
There are some "specific interpretations" that _may_ be interpreted according to the C rules, e. g. prefix 0x- for hexadecimal or 08- for octal notation. For example, 083 != 83, just as 0x83 != 83. As it has been mentioned, spaces also have a significant meaning in crontabs, so they cannot be used everywhere to align data columns. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"