From a4771d5fb3a06554b000716369519ff1570e5644 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Crist J. Clark" Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:43:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 b/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8 index 3f2a454cde8d..f0c1376310db 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 , +.Va +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