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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	crontab 2.3.3
+" Maintainer:	John Hoelzel johnh51@users.sourceforge.net
+" Last change:	Mon Jun  9 2003
+" Filenames:    /tmp/crontab.* used by "crontab -e"
+" URL:		http://johnh51.get.to/vim/syntax/crontab.vim
+"
+" crontab line format:
+" Minutes   Hours   Days   Months   Days_of_Week   Commands # comments
+
+" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
+" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+syntax match  crontabMin     "\_^[0-9\-\/\,\.]\{}\>\|\*"  nextgroup=crontabHr   skipwhite
+syntax match  crontabHr       "\<[0-9\-\/\,\.]\{}\>\|\*"  nextgroup=crontabDay  skipwhite contained
+syntax match  crontabDay      "\<[0-9\-\/\,\.]\{}\>\|\*"  nextgroup=crontabMnth skipwhite contained
+
+syntax match  crontabMnth  "\<[a-z0-9\-\/\,\.]\{}\>\|\*"  nextgroup=crontabDow  skipwhite contained
+syntax keyword crontabMnth12 contained   jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec
+
+syntax match  crontabDow   "\<[a-z0-9\-\/\,\.]\{}\>\|\*"  nextgroup=crontabCmd  skipwhite contained
+syntax keyword crontabDow7   contained    sun mon tue wed thu fri sat
+
+"  syntax region crontabCmd  start="\<[a-z0-9\/\(]" end="$" nextgroup=crontabCmnt skipwhite contained contains=crontabCmnt keepend
+
+syntax region crontabCmd  start="\S" end="$" nextgroup=crontabCmnt skipwhite contained contains=crontabCmnt keepend
+syntax match  crontabCmnt /#.*/
+
+" Define the default highlighting.
+" For version 5.7 and earlier: only when not done already
+" For version 5.8 and later: only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
+if version >= 508 || !exists("did_crontab_syn_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_crontab_syn_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+
+  HiLink crontabMin		Number
+  HiLink crontabHr		PreProc
+  HiLink crontabDay		Type
+
+  HiLink crontabMnth		Number
+  HiLink crontabMnth12		Number
+  HiLink crontabMnthS		Number
+  HiLink crontabMnthN		Number
+
+  HiLink crontabDow		PreProc
+  HiLink crontabDow7		PreProc
+  HiLink crontabDowS		PreProc
+  HiLink crontabDowN		PreProc
+
+" comment out next line for to suppress unix commands coloring.
+  HiLink crontabCmd		Type
+
+  HiLink crontabCmnt		Comment
+
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax = "crontab"
+
+" vim: ts=8