aptible / aptible/supercronic

Support for multiline entries

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Description

While migrating some of my cronjobs to supercronic, I noticed that multiple lines joined together with the `\` character work in cron, but are not supported in supercronic.

For example:

```
*/10 * * * * echo 'a' && \
echo 'b' && \
echo 'c'
```

Is a valid crontab entry for most classic crons, but is rejected by supercronics parser.

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Research direction

Start by tracing supercronic's crontab parser, since the issue identifies parsing as the failing entry point. Compare its handling of continued lines with the shown cron example. Done means a valid multiline entry using backslashes is accepted rather than rejected.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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