"Karl E. Jorgensen" <k...@jorgensen.org.uk> writes:
> Can do. are two sentences in secion 9.5 which will need to be changed.
> The 2nd sentence in 9.5, which currently reads:
> If a package wants to install a job that has to be executed via
> cron, it should place a file with the name of the package in one
> or more of the following directories:
> could be changed to:
> If a package wants to install a job that has to be executed via
> cron, it should place a file with the name of the package (with a
> file name as specified in section 9.5.1) in one or more of the
> following directories:
> And further down, the sentence which currently reads:
> If a certain job has to be executed at some other frequency or at
> a specific time, the package should install a file
> /etc/cron.d/package
> could be changed to:
> If a certain job has to be executed at some other frequency or at
> a specific time, the package should install a file
> /etc/cron.d/package (with a file name as specified in section
> 9.5.1)
> and a new section:
> 9.5.1 File Names for Cron Jobs
> File names representing cron jobs should generally be named
> according to the package from which it comes.
> If a package supplies multiple crontab files in the same
> directory, the file names should all start with the name of the
> package followed by a hyphen ('-') and a suitable suffix.
> The resulting file name must not include any '.' or '+' characters
> as this will cause cron to ignore them. Underscores ('_') should
> be used instead of '.' and '+' characters.
> How does that sound?
Looks good to me. Seconded, with the minor correction in the
second-to-last paragraph of s/crontab files/cron job files/ since,
properly speaking, only the files in /etc/cron.d are actually crontab
files. The rest are just executables.
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