From kadmin@ezekiel.daleco.biz Mon Oct 20 22:35:11 2003 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACEBB16A4B3 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 22:35:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (cdm-66-76-92-18.cart.cox-internet.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 790F543F85 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 22:35:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kadmin@ezekiel.daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.12.9p1/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h9L5XrEH060413 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:33:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kadmin@ezekiel.daleco.biz) Received: (from root@localhost) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.12.9p1/8.12.3/Submit) id h9L5XqXV060412; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:33:52 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <200310210533.h9L5XqXV060412@ezekiel.daleco.biz> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:33:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Kevin Kinsey Reply-To: Kevin Kinsey To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: missing modifier in crontab(5) manpage (changes meaning...) X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 58318 >Category: docs >Synopsis: missing modifier in crontab(5) manpage (changes meaning...) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 20 22:40:10 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: Mon Dec 08 21:23:29 PST 2003 >Last-Modified: Mon Dec 08 21:23:29 PST 2003 >Originator: Kevin Kinsey >Release: FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: DaleCo, S.P. >Environment: System: FreeBSD ezekiel.daleco.biz 4.9-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE #7: Mon Sep 22 17:20:53 CDT 2003 kadmin@ezekiel.daleco.biz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Examination of context clearly shows that the word "Not" should appear in the statement "Lists and ranges are allowed to co-exist in the same field...." >How-To-Repeat: $man 5 crontab # read the "Extensions" paragraph(s) >Fix: Diff submitted... *** crontab.5 Fri Dec 27 06:15:36 2002 --- crontab.5.edit Tue Oct 21 00:30:51 2003 *************** *** 230,236 **** .Tn ATT seem to disagree about this. .Pp ! Lists and ranges are allowed to co-exist in the same field. "1-3,7-9" would be rejected by .Tn ATT or --- 230,236 ---- .Tn ATT seem to disagree about this. .Pp ! Lists and ranges are not allowed to co-exist in the same field. "1-3,7-9" would be rejected by .Tn ATT or >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: Ceri Davies To: Kevin Kinsey Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/58318: missing modifier in crontab(5) manpage (changes meaning...) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:57:53 +0100 On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 12:33:52AM -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > > >Description: > Examination of context clearly shows that the word "Not" should appear > in the statement "Lists and ranges are allowed to co-exist in the > same field...." > >How-To-Repeat: > $man 5 crontab > # read the "Extensions" paragraph(s) I think you'll find that they *are* allowed (that is the nature of the extension). Read the paragraph again, bearing in mind that you are reading about Vixie cron: Lists and ranges are allowed to co-exist in the same field. "1-3,7-9" would be rejected by ATT or BSD cron -- they want to see "1-3" or "7,8,9" ONLY. i.e. this cron does allow it. Ceri -- State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: dannyboy State-Changed-When: Mon Dec 8 21:22:54 PST 2003 State-Changed-Why: Manpage is correct. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=58318 >Unformatted: