svn commit: r39900 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config
Warren Block
wblock at FreeBSD.org
Thu Nov 1 16:29:15 UTC 2012
Author: wblock
Date: Thu Nov 1 16:29:14 2012
New Revision: 39900
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39900
Log:
Clarify that /etc/crontab is the system crontab.
Submitted by: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk at mit.edu>
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml Thu Nov 1 16:14:05 2012 (r39899)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml Thu Nov 1 16:29:14 2012 (r39900)
@@ -520,8 +520,8 @@ run_rc_command "$1"</programlisting>
<username>root</username>.</para>
</note>
- <para>Let us take a look at <filename>/etc/crontab</filename>
- (the system crontab):</para>
+ <para>Let us take a look at <filename>/etc/crontab</filename>,
+ the system crontab:</para>
<programlisting># /etc/crontab - root's crontab for &os;
#
@@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ HOME=/var/log
<calloutlist>
<callout arearefs="co-comments">
- <para>Like most &os; configuration files, the
- <literal>#</literal> character represents a comment. A
+ <para>Like most &os; configuration files, lines that begin with the
+ <literal>#</literal> character are comments. A
comment can be placed in the file as a reminder of what and
why a desired action is performed. Comments cannot be on the
same line as a command or else they will be interpreted as
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ HOME=/var/log
<para>This is the basic setup for every
<filename>crontab</filename> file, although there is one thing
different about this one. Field number six, where we specified
- the username, only exists in the system
- <filename>/etc/crontab</filename>. This field should be
+ the username, only exists in the system <filename>crontab</filename>.
+ This field should be
omitted for individual user <filename>crontab</filename>
files.</para>
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