svn commit: r321240 - head/usr.sbin/cron/cron

Ngie Cooper ngie at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jul 19 19:53:09 UTC 2017


Author: ngie
Date: Wed Jul 19 19:53:07 2017
New Revision: 321240
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/321240

Log:
  cron(8) manpage updates
  
  - Document /etc/cron.d and /usr/local/etc/cron.d under FILES.
  - Reword documentation for -n: add appropriate soft-stop and remove
    contraction to appease igor.
  
  MFC after:	3 days

Modified:
  head/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8

Modified: head/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8	Wed Jul 19 19:43:10 2017	(r321239)
+++ head/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8	Wed Jul 19 19:53:07 2017	(r321240)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 31, 2016
+.Dd July 19, 2017
 .Dt CRON 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ set to a null string, usually specified in a shell as
 or
 .Li \*q\*q .
 .It Fl n
-Don't daemonize, run in foreground instead.
+Do not daemonize; run in foreground instead.
 .It Fl s
 Enable special handling of situations when the GMT offset of the local
 timezone changes, such as the switches between the standard time and
@@ -209,13 +209,17 @@ trace through the execution, but do not perform any ac
 .El
 .El
 .Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /etc/pam.d/cron -compact
+.Bl -tag -width /usr/local/etc/cron.d -compact
 .It Pa /etc/crontab
 System crontab file
+.It Pa /etc/cron.d
+Directory for optional/modularized system crontab files.
 .It Pa /etc/pam.d/cron
 .Xr pam.conf 5
 configuration file for
 .Nm
+.It Pa /usr/local/etc/cron.d
+Directory for third-party package provided crontab files.
 .It Pa /var/cron/tabs
 Directory for personal crontab files
 .El


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