[Bug 234504] cron(8) manual content error

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            Bug ID: 234504
           Summary: cron(8) manual content error
           Product: Base System
           Version: 12.0-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: conf
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: qjail1 at a1poweruser.com

The last sentence of the second paragraph under the Description heading of
cron(8)says.

"The cron utility also searches for /etc/crontab and files in /etc/cron.d and
/usr/local/etc/cron.d which are in a different format (see crontab(5))."

On review of crontab(5) there is no mention of a "different" format for those 2
paths, IE: /etc/cron.d and /usr/local/etc/cron.d

I think the second paragraph needs to be rewritten to clarify to the reader
exactly what the cron utility is expecting as a control file.

The following is my draft of what it should say.


The cron utility uses a file formatted as defined by crontab(5) to control it's
actions. The host system default is /etc/crontab which should not be changed.
Additional crontab(5) defined files with unique file names may be placed in
/etc/cron.d or /usr/local/etc/cron.d also /var/cron/tabs may contain files
named after accounts in the /etc/passwd file as documented in crontab(1). File
content read from these path locations are merged together and loaded into
memory for use by the cron utility.

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