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| author | ghelmer <ghelmer@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-06-23 16:52:59 +0000 |
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| committer | ghelmer <ghelmer@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-06-23 16:52:59 +0000 |
| commit | 074f4bd5faf954e12c50479d6d818b8e006debd7 (patch) | |
| tree | 5930abbd22e27e09b9602c53e80a3e276e1a07e9 /usr.bin/msgs | |
| parent | 24d88793da9fc7900f289280dea255d44d95bb79 (diff) | |
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Minor grammar and punctuation cleanup.
Reference /etc/periodic/daily instead of /etc/crontab.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/msgs')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 b/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 index 779fc0a..edab4a7 100644 --- a/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 +++ b/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.1 @@ -134,11 +134,15 @@ to enable posting of messages. The .Fl c option is used for performing cleanup on -.Pa /var/msgs. -An entry with the +.Pa /var/msgs . +A shell script entry to run +.Nm +with the .Fl c option should be placed in -.Pa /etc/crontab +.Pa /etc/periodic/daily +(see +.Xr periodic 8 ) to run every night. This will remove all messages over 21 days old. A different expiration may be specified on the command line to override the default. @@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ the default. Options when reading messages include: .Bl -tag -width Fl .It Fl f -Do not to say ``No new messages.''. +Do not say ``No new messages.''. This is useful in a .Pa .login file since this is often the case here. @@ -205,8 +209,8 @@ number of next message to be presented .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mail 1 , .Xr more 1 , -.Xr aliases 5 -.\".Xr crontab 5 , +.Xr aliases 5 , +.Xr periodic 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm |
