[Bug 253969] The manual page for crontab is incorrect

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            Bug ID: 253969
           Summary: The manual page for crontab is incorrect
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Manual Pages
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: benkasminbullock at gmail.com
                CC: doc at FreeBSD.org

The "man 5 crontab" claims:

     Names can also be used for the ``month'' and ``day of week'' fields.  Use
     the first three letters of the particular day or month (case does not
     matter).  Ranges or lists of names are not allowed.

However, ranges such as mon-fri or lists such as mon,tue do work. This can
easily be confirmed by adding lines such as

* * * * mon-fri echo "boo"
* * * Mar,Apr wed,thu echo "baa"

to crontab.

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