Include some documentation posted to the list by vodz

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in
index 7e18c16a0..ded26b3a8 100644
--- a/miscutils/Config.in
+++ b/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ config CONFIG_CROND
         help
           Crond is a background daemon that parses individual crontab
           files and executes commands on behalf of the users in question.
+          This is a port of dcron from slackware.  It uses files of the
+          format /var/spool/cron/crontabs/<username> files, for example:
+              $ cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
+              # Run daily cron jobs at 4:40 every day:
+              40 4 * * * /etc/cron/daily > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
         bool "  Using /usr/sbin/sendmail?"