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author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2020-04-30 13:42:59 +0200 |
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committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2020-05-05 08:57:14 +0200 |
commit | 2edc7aea7a95dc0dc0fb3e9ef5ffbe413a477593 (patch) | |
tree | e5443a9dcfdcd6926942ea3ecfcd4922f6b4fd15 | |
parent | c9c9f6f450f678a0d5e5b929ba238d4a5254bded (diff) | |
download | systemd-2edc7aea7a95dc0dc0fb3e9ef5ffbe413a477593.tar.gz |
man: expand on the star…end/repetition time expressions
And attempt to explain what is requested in #15030, but still be
concise.
Fixes: #15030
-rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.time.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.time.xml b/man/systemd.time.xml index dc1e78a187..b4656b05d1 100644 --- a/man/systemd.time.xml +++ b/man/systemd.time.xml @@ -199,15 +199,14 @@ tomorrow Pacific/Auckland → Thu 2012-11-23 19:00:00 continuous weekdays. <literal>,</literal> and <literal>..</literal> may be combined freely.</para> - <para>In the date and time specifications, any component may be - specified as <literal>*</literal> in which case any value will - match. Alternatively, each component can be specified as a list of - values separated by commas. Values may be suffixed with - <literal>/</literal> and a repetition value, which indicates that - the value itself and the value plus all multiples of the repetition value - are matched. Two values separated by <literal>..</literal> may be used - to indicate a range of values; ranges may also be followed with - <literal>/</literal> and a repetition value.</para> + <para>In the date and time specifications, any component may be specified as <literal>*</literal> in + which case any value will match. Alternatively, each component can be specified as a list of values + separated by commas. Values may be suffixed with <literal>/</literal> and a repetition value, which + indicates that the value itself and the value plus all multiples of the repetition value are matched. + Two values separated by <literal>..</literal> may be used to indicate a range of values; ranges may also + be followed with <literal>/</literal> and a repetition value, in which case the expression matches all + times starting with the start value, and continuing with all multiples of the repetition value relative + to the start value, ending at the end value the latest.</para> <para>A date specification may use <literal>~</literal> to indicate the last day(s) in a month. For example, <literal>*-02~03</literal> means |