The man page source anacrontab.5.gz contains: You can continue a line onto the next line by ending it with a '\'. But it should be a double slash: You can continue a line onto the next line by ending it with a '\\'.
** Changed in: anacron (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Documentation error in anacrontab man page re: line continuation https://launchpad.net/bugs/94432 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs