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diff --git a/usr.bin/crontab/crontab.1 b/usr.bin/crontab/crontab.1 index ab1acbb1abe9..b4601e58df5b 100644 --- a/usr.bin/crontab/crontab.1 +++ b/usr.bin/crontab/crontab.1 @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Header: /a/cvs/386BSD/src/usr.bin/crontab/crontab.1,v 1.1.1.1 1993/06/12 14:53:53 rgrimes Exp $ -.\" -.\"/* Copyright 1988,1990 by Paul Vixie +.\"/* Copyright 1988,1990,1993 by Paul Vixie .\" * All rights reserved .\" * .\" * Distribute freely, except: don't remove my name from the source or @@ -14,27 +12,28 @@ .\" * .\" * Send bug reports, bug fixes, enhancements, requests, flames, etc., and .\" * I'll try to keep a version up to date. I can be reached as follows: -.\" * Paul Vixie, 329 Noe Street, San Francisco, CA, 94114, (415) 864-7013, -.\" * paul@vixie.sf.ca.us || {hoptoad,pacbell,decwrl,crash}!vixie!paul +.\" * Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com> uunet!decwrl!vixie!paul .\" */ -.TH CRONTAB 1 "9 December 1988" +.\" +.\" $Header: /home/cvs/386BSD/src/usr.bin/crontab/crontab.1,v 1.2.2.1 1994/05/01 16:08:10 jkh Exp $ +.\" +.\" From Id: crontab.1,v 2.4 1993/12/31 10:47:33 vixie Exp +.\" +.TH CRONTAB 1 "29 December 1993" .UC 4 .SH NAME -crontab \- maintain crontab files for individual users +crontab \- maintain crontab files for individual users (V3) .SH SYNOPSIS -crontab [ -u user ] { -l | -d | -r file } +crontab [ -u user ] file +.br +crontab [ -u user ] { -l | -r | -e } .SH DESCRIPTION .I Crontab is the program used to install, deinstall or list the tables used to drive the -.IR crond (8) -daemon in Vixie Cron. Each user has their own crontab, and though these are -files in /var, they are not readable or writable by anyone or anything -except the super-user or the -.IR crond (8) -or -.I crontab -programs. +.IR cron (8) +daemon in Vixie Cron. Each user can have their own crontab, and though +these are files in /var, they are not intended to be edited directly. .PP If the .I allow @@ -66,28 +65,38 @@ you should always use the .I -u option for safety's sake. .PP +The first form of this command is used to install a new crontab from some +named file or standard input if the pseudo-filename ``-'' is given. +.PP The .I -l option causes the current crontab to be displayed on standard output. .PP The -.I -d -option causes the current crontab to be deleted. +.I -r +option causes the current crontab to be removed. .PP The -.I -r -option is used to replace the current -crontab (if any) with the contents of the named file. +.I -e +option is used to edit the current crontab using the editor specified by +the \s-1VISUAL\s+1 or \s-1EDITOR\s+1 environment variables. After you exit +from the editor, the modified crontab will be installed automatically. .SH "SEE ALSO" -crontab(5), crond(8) +crontab(5), cron(8) .SH FILES .nf /var/cron/allow /var/cron/deny .fi +.SH STANDARDS +The +.I crontab +command conforms to IEEE Std1003.2-1992 (``POSIX''). This new command syntax +differs from previous versions of Vixie Cron, as well as from the classic +SVR3 syntax. .SH DIAGNOSTICS A fairly informative usage message appears if you run it with a bad command line. .SH AUTHOR .nf -Paul Vixie, paul@vixie.sf.ca.us +Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com> |