Package: cron Version: 3.0pl1-116 Severity: wishlist Please adjust the default documentation comments similiar to the version of fedora/enterprise linux (see patch).
It is more descriptive and provides inexperienced users with a better understanding of the syntax. The upstream versions licence is "Public Domain and GPLv2". The package name is "crontabs". -- Package-specific info: --- EDITOR: --- usr/bin/editor: /bin/nano --- /usr/bin/crontab: -rwxr-sr-x 1 root crontab 35040 Dec 19 2010 /usr/bin/crontab --- /var/spool/cron drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 21 Jun 22 2011 /var/spool/cron --- /var/spool/cron/crontabs drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 22 May 11 2012 /var/spool/cron/crontabs -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.7 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages cron depends on: ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups ii debianutils 3.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.15.8.13 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.11.3-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-6.1+squeeze1 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6.1+squeeze1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages cron recommends: ii lockfile-progs 0.1.15+squeeze1 Programs for locking and unlocking ii postfix [mail-transport 2.7.1-1+squeeze1 High-performance mail transport ag Versions of packages cron suggests: pn anacron <none> (no description available) pn checksecurity <none> (no description available) ii logrotate 3.7.8-6 Log rotation utility Versions of packages cron is related to: ii libnss-ldap 264-2.2 NSS module for using LDAP as a nam pn libnss-ldapd <none> (no description available) ii libpam-ldap 184-8.5 Pluggable Authentication Module fo pn libpam-mount <none> (no description available) pn nis <none> (no description available) ii nscd 2.11.3-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Name Servi -- no debconf information
--- /tmp/crontab 2013-04-16 23:22:47.692101696 +0200 +++ /tmp/crontab.new 2013-04-16 23:24:14.777576805 +0200 @@ -7,7 +7,14 @@ SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin -# m h dom mon dow user command +# Example of job definition: +# .---------------- minute (0 - 59) +# | .------------- hour (0 - 23) +# | | .---------- day of month (1 - 31) +# | | | .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ... +# | | | | .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat +# | | | | | +# * * * * * user-name command to be executed 17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly 25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
