Am So, den 22.08.2004 schrieb Gene Heskett um 14:19: > >Can you explain why you think it's not needed? Crontab the command > > is by far the easiest way of editing personal crontabs. (Besides, > > it appears on a number of other Unices: I haven't checked, but > > there are quite possibly Posix compatibility issues). > > > >James. > > Because its the file presented as default when typeing 'man crontab', > and it tells you absolutely nothing of value other than the authors > name and copyright date. The brief description of its intended use > is so terse it doesn't enhance ones knowledge in any other way. Dear Gene, the manpages are sorted into different "divisions". So there is a logic what to expect from man1, man5, man8. And if you closely look at the "man cron" and "man crontab" you will find at the end a pointer to "man 5 crontab" in both. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp Serendipity 16:48:51 up 2 days, 12:31, load average: 0.38, 0.31, 0.37
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
