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From: Georges Khaznadar <georgesk@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:43:23 +0200
Subject: Usr-bin-sbin
Modernize paths, to coply with Debian Merged Usr
---
crontab.5 | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/crontab.5 b/crontab.5
index a49d89f..15f9fef 100644
--- a/crontab.5
+++ b/crontab.5
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ tilde(~) expansion, thus lines like
.in +4n
.nf
PATH = $HOME/bin:$PATH
-PATH = ~/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
+PATH = ~/bin:/usr/bin
.fi
.in
.PP
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ last value.
Several environment variables are set up automatically by the
.IR cron (8)
daemon.
-SHELL is set to /bin/sh, and LOGNAME and HOME are set from the /etc/passwd
+SHELL is set to /usr/bin/sh, and LOGNAME and HOME are set from the /etc/passwd
line of the crontab's owner.
HOME and SHELL may be overridden by settings in the crontab; LOGNAME may not.
.PP
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ will look at MAILTO if it has any reason to send mail as a result of running
commands in ``this'' crontab. If MAILTO is defined (and non-empty), mail is
sent to the user so named. If MAILTO is defined but empty (MAILTO=""), no
mail will be sent. Otherwise mail is sent to the owner of the crontab. This
-option is useful if you decide on /bin/mail instead of /usr/lib/sendmail as
-your mailer when you install cron -- /bin/mail doesn't do aliasing, and UUCP
+option is useful if you decide on /usr/bin/mail instead of /usr/lib/sendmail as
+your mailer when you install cron -- /usr/bin/mail doesn't do aliasing, and UUCP
usually doesn't read its mail.
.PP
The format of a cron command is very much the V7 standard, with a number of
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ lists of names are not allowed.
The ``sixth'' field (the rest of the line) specifies the command to be
run.
The entire command portion of the line, up to a newline or %
-character, will be executed by /bin/sh or by the shell
+character, will be executed by /usr/bin/sh or by the shell
specified in the SHELL variable of the cronfile.
Percent-signs (%) in the command, unless escaped with backslash
(\\), will be changed into newline characters, and all data
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ sequence of the machine.
.SH EXAMPLE CRON FILE
.nf
-# use /bin/sh to run commands, no matter what /etc/passwd says
-SHELL=/bin/sh
+# use /usr/bin/sh to run commands, no matter what /etc/passwd says
+SHELL=/usr/bin/sh
# mail any output to `paul', no matter whose crontab this is
MAILTO=paul
#
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