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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000
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The .Nm utility
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
index b350ee0..2753bee 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-program is intended to be called by
+utility is intended to be called by
.Xr cron 8
to execute shell scripts
located in the specified directory.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ setting in
.Pp
The
.Nm
-program will run each executable file in the directory or directories
+utility will run each executable file in the directory or directories
specified.
If a file does not have the executable bit set, it is silently ignored.
.Pp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ is not set or is empty, output is sent to standard output.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The
.Nm
-command sets the
+utility sets the
.Ev PATH
environment to include all standard system directories, but no additional
directories, such as
@@ -150,22 +150,22 @@ directories, such as
If executables are added which depend upon other path components, each
executable must be responsible for configuring its own appropriate environment.
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/periodic.conf"
+.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/defaults/periodic.conf"
.It Pa /etc/crontab
-The
+the
.Nm
-program is typically called via entries in the system default
+utility is typically called via entries in the system default
.Xr cron 8
-table.
+table
.It Pa /etc/periodic
-The top level directory containing
+the top level directory containing
.Pa daily ,
.Pa weekly ,
and
.Pa monthly
-subdirectories which contain standard system periodic executables.
+subdirectories which contain standard system periodic executables
.It Pa /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
-The
+the
.Pa periodic.conf
system registry contains variables that control the behaviour of
.Nm
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ and the standard
.Pa daily , weekly ,
and
.Pa monthly
-scripts.
+scripts
.It Pa /etc/periodic.conf
-This file contains local overrides for the default
+this file contains local overrides for the default
.Nm
-configuration.
+configuration
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
The system crontab should have entries for
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Self explanatory.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-program first appeared in
+utility first appeared in
.Fx 3.0 .
.Sh BUGS
Since one specifies information about a directory using shell
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