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Eliminate hard sentence breaks.

General markup fixes (use the .Dq macro).
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Tom Rhodes 2004-03-04 19:12:27 +00:00
parent b7d4457608
commit aaa66740bf
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=126613

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@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ The
utility is the program used to install, deinstall or list the tables
used to drive the
.Xr cron 8
daemon in Vixie Cron. Each user can have their own crontab, and though
daemon in Vixie Cron.
Each user can have their own crontab, and though
these are files in
.Pa /var ,
they are not intended to be edited directly.
@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ they are not intended to be edited directly.
If the
.Pa allow
file exists, then you must be listed therein in order to be allowed to use
this command. If the
this command.
If the
.Pa allow
file does not exist but the
.Pa deny
@ -56,7 +58,8 @@ file does exist, then you must
.Em not
be listed in the
.Pa deny
file in order to use this command. If neither of these files exists, then
file in order to use this command.
If neither of these files exists, then
depending on site-dependent configuration parameters, only the super user
will be allowed to use this command, or all users will be able to use this
command.
@ -66,16 +69,22 @@ Lines of other formats will be ignored,
and so can be used for comments.
.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.
named file or standard input if the pseudo-filename
.Dq -
is given.
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl u
Specify the name of the user whose crontab is to be
tweaked. If this option is not given,
tweaked.
If this option is not given,
.Nm
examines "your" crontab, i.e., the crontab of the person executing the
command. Note that
examines
.Dq your
crontab, i.e., the crontab of the person executing the
command.
Note that
.Xr su 1
can confuse
.Nm
@ -119,7 +128,9 @@ with the exception that the dangerous variant of calling
.Nm
without a file name in the first form of the command is not allowed by
this implementation.
The pseudo-filename ``-'' must be specified to read from standard input.
The pseudo-filename
.Dq -
must be specified to read from standard input.
The new command syntax
differs from previous versions of Vixie Cron, as well as from the classic
SVR3 syntax.