[Bug 706565] Re: configs with dots in file name not working in /etc/cron.d

[Robert Townley]

It is actually documented further down in the man page and by the linux-
foundation.org that these files can have dots, in fact, multiple dots to
accomodate dns domain names.

** Changed in: cron (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Confirmed

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Title:
  configs with dots in file name not working in /etc/cron.d

Status in “cron” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: cron

  I configured cron jobs with config file:
    /etc/cron.d/job.cron
  and it not working.
  I spend couple of hours to understand the problem.
  Fix is to rename file withowt dots in the name:
    /etc/cron.d/job
  is working.
  Renaming back to job.cron or other name with the dot in the name cause cron to not read this file.
  I just switched to Ubuntu Server from Fedora and it works before on those distributive.
  I can't find any error messages in syslog event with -L9 command line in cron daemon.
  I can't find any warning in man page or readme document about file names.

  I think there are 2 possible ways to fix this:
  1) put a WARNING about file names with dots (like "myjob.cron") in manpage;
  2) make cron working with those files as other distro do (ex. Fedora)

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