(5) man page, however, says nothing about any differences in
the file formats. Instead, it appears to describe only the format that
is used in /var/cron/tabs/* files.
I would like to know precisely how the format of /etc/crontab differs,
but I can't find any man page that addresses this. Help?
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the format of /etc/crontab differs,
but I can't find any man page that addresses this. Help?
Normal crontabs have the time fields, and then the command to run.
/etc/crontab has an additional field after the time fields but before
the command -- the user to run the command as (usually root). This
is said
which is in a different format (see
crontab(5)).
The crontab(5) man page, however, says nothing about any differences in
the file formats. Instead, it appears to describe only the format that
is used in /var/cron/tabs/* files.
I would like to know precisely how the format of /etc
On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 01:54:36PM -0700, Rich Morin wrote:
The crontab(5) man page, however, says nothing about any differences in
the file formats. Instead, it appears to describe only the format that
is used in /var/cron/tabs/* files.
I would like to know precisely how the format of /etc
At 5:23 PM -0400 7/3/03, Paul Chvostek wrote:
The /etc/crontab is largely self-documenting. It is similar to the
format of the other crontab files, and includes a comment line:
#minute hourmdaymonth wdaywho command
What further information do you need?
None, in the file itself,
In the last episode (Jul 03), Rich Morin said:
None, in the file itself, but the crontab(5) man page should be tweaked.
I have posted the following suggestion (to [EMAIL PROTECTED]):
The ``sixth'' field (the rest of the line) specifies the command to be ...
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In the case of
At 8:31 PM -0500 7/3/03, Dan Nelson wrote:
It already does, a couple paragraphs above the stuff you quoted:
The format of a cron command is very much the V7 standard, with a number
of upward-compatible extensions. Each line has five time and date
fields, followed by a user name
