Made it clear that the seventh (command) field is not terminated by the

usual field separators; took out the confusing and wrong explanation of how
the % character affects shell parsing.

SCCS-vsn: usr.sbin/cron/cron.8 6.3

diff --git a/usr/src/usr.sbin/cron/cron.8 b/usr/src/usr.sbin/cron/cron.8
index 2218fe4..7080018 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/src/usr.sbin/cron/cron.8
+++ b/usr/src/usr.sbin/cron/cron.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    @(#)cron.8      6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"    @(#)cron.8      6.3 (Berkeley) %G%

 .\"
 .TH CRON 8 ""
 .AT 3
 .\"
 .TH CRON 8 ""
 .AT 3


@@ -45,16 +45,15 @@ commas meaning any of the numbers;
 or an asterisk meaning all legal values.
 The sixth field is a user name: the
 command will be run ``as'' that user.
 or an asterisk meaning all legal values.
 The sixth field is a user name: the
 command will be run ``as'' that user.

-The seventh field is a string
-that is executed by the Shell at the
+The seventh field consists of all the text
+on a line following the sixth field,
+including spaces and tabs;
+this text is treated as a command
+which is executed by the Shell at the

 specified times.
 specified times.

-A percent character
+A percent character (``%'')

 in this field is translated to a new-line
 character.
 in this field is translated to a new-line
 character.

-Only the first line (up to a % or end of line)
-of the command field is executed by the Shell.
-The other lines are made available to the
-command as standard input.

 .PP
 Both
 crontab files are checked by
 .PP
 Both
 crontab files are checked by