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authormillert <millert@openbsd.org>2001-06-19 22:40:24 +0000
committermillert <millert@openbsd.org>2001-06-19 22:40:24 +0000
commitfe5e70b679ae49e6ee92ddce7685363245a4355d (patch)
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parentrevert parts that were meant to be committed (June 12th commit) (diff)
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o Don't talk about /bin/mail vs. sendmail since we always build with
sendmail support. o Remove misleading info in STANDARDS about the syntax being different from previous Vixie Cron versions. The flags have been this way for all versions of cron we have shipped with.
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.5 b/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.5
index 27f7b05ff39..09b468a7544 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.5
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
.\" ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS
.\" SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: crontab.5,v 1.12 2001/02/18 19:48:32 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: crontab.5,v 1.13 2001/06/19 22:40:24 millert Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 8, 1999
.Dt CRONTAB 5
@@ -162,18 +162,8 @@ no
mail will be sent.
Otherwise mail is sent to the owner of the
.Nm crontab .
-This option is useful if you decide on
-.Pa /bin/mail
-instead of
-.Pa /usr/lib/sendmail
-as
-your mailer when you install
-.Xr cron 8
-\(em
-.Pa /bin/mail
-doesn't do aliasing, and
-.Tn UUCP
-usually doesn't read its mail.
+This option is useful for pseudo-users that lack an alias
+that would otherwise redirect the mail to a real person.
.Pp
.Em cron Commands
.Pp