Bug 58318

Summary: missing modifier in crontab(5) manpage (changes meaning...)
Product: Documentation Reporter: Kevin Kinsey <kdk>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
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Description Kevin Kinsey 2003-10-21 06:40:10 UTC 
	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...."

Fix: Diff submitted...
How-To-Repeat: 	$man 5 crontab
	# read the "Extensions" paragraph(s)
Comment 1 Ceri Davies freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2003-10-21 21:57:53 UTC 
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

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Comment 2 dannyboy freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2003-12-09 05:22:54 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Manpage is correct.