Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:42:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dave Hummel <hummel@www.buffalostate.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: man 5 crontab Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971222224226.7705w-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971217100248.819A-100000@www.buffalostate.edu>
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On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Dave Hummel wrote: > man 5 crontab says: > Lists are allowed. A list is a set of numbers (or ranges) separated > by commas. Examples: ``1,2,5,9'', ``0-4,8-12''. > > And later says: > Lists and ranges are allowed to co-exist in the same field. "1-3,7-9" > would be rejected by ATT or BSD cron -- they want to see "1-3" or "7,8,9" > ONLY. > > Is this supposed to say/mean "1-3,7-9" would be rejected by ATT (but > accepted by BSD)? I think the proper response is that FreeBSD uses Vixie cron, which != ATT && != BSD cron. > I'm gonna have to figure that > */15 0-6,14-23 * * 7 root do_something > is a valid entry in BSD to mean do something every 15 minutes from > midnight to 6am and then again from 2pm to midight. :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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