On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Kwpolska <kwpolska@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Possibly it should have some comments in it explaining why it has no >> content, instead of a literally empty file. > > I suggest > > #m hh dd mo dw command > > It will help people read and write their crontabs. Well, if we want to do this, it would be better to have it match the actual format of that file, including the "user" field. ;) #mm hh dd mo dw user command I do agree with Thomas' comment that the requirement for this file is basically a bug, though.