On 16.03.19 11:47, Antonio wrote: >> Note that `man crontab` leads to to crontab(1), not crontab(5). >> Perhaps that was the source of confusion. > > To avoid confusion, on crontab(1) we could add something like: "Note: > some characters, like the percentage, have a special treatment.
I'm afraid that would be inconsistent. If you look at `man man`, (1) documents executables; file formats are discussed in (5). > For more details, type man 5 crontab" (or similar). We already refer to crontab(5) in the "SEE ALSO" section. Regards, Christian
