Actually it should be \e not \\. \\ has weird semantics and you should avoid it unless you know what you're doing. See 'info groff', the "Character Translations" node.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #461784 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=461784 ** Also affects: anacron (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=461784 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Documentation error in anacrontab man page re: line continuation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94432 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
