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author | cjc <cjc@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-11-28 21:43:53 +0000 |
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committer | cjc <cjc@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-11-28 21:43:53 +0000 |
commit | 27268411499cc98932fe19e8c3aeb4cf00b322c0 (patch) | |
tree | 8e9507c9623974af6e2292df25680ff897e8f178 | |
parent | 5682f21557419aa00ba8387cac95fb1b9e28526c (diff) | |
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Add a BUGS section noting that the basename of a directory containing
periodic(8) scripts must be useable as a sh(1) variable.
MFC after: 2 days
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 index 3f2a454..f0c1376 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 13, 1997 +.Dd November 28, 2001 .Os .Dt PERIODIC 8 .Sh NAME @@ -233,6 +233,15 @@ The .Nm program first appeared in .Fx 3.0 . +.Sh BUGS +Since one specifies information about a directory using shell +variables containing the string, +.Va <basedir> , +.Va <basedir> +must only contain characters that are valid within a +.Xr sh 1 +variable name, alphanumerics and underscores, and the first character +may not be numeric. .Sh AUTHORS .An Paul Traina Aq pst@FreeBSD.org .An Brian Somers Aq brian@Awfulhak.org |