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#                  field         allowed values
#                  -----         --------------
#  .-------------- minute        0-59
#  |  .----------- hour          0-23
#  |  |  .-------- day of month  1-31
#  |  |  |  .----- month         1-12 (or names, see below)
#  |  |  |  |  .-- day of week   0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use names)
#  |  |  |  |  |

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users = {
  'jeff4' => { 'uid' => 4, 'gid' => 23, 'gecos' => 'Jeff Buechler' },
  'jeff5' => { 'uid' => 5 },
  'jeff6' => { 'uid' => 6 },
  'jeff1' => { 'uid' => 1 },
  'scott' => { 'uid' => 7 },
  'jeff2' => { 'uid' => 2 },
  'jeff3' => { 'uid' => 3 },
}

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# An example of using ruby to read a YAML file into a set of ruby objects (hashes, in this example):
# I added newlines between the irb commands for legibility's sake.

woods@beidleheimer ~/src/git/bus (master)↑ $ cat config/database.yml 

development:
  adapter: postgresql
  host: localhost
  username: bus
  database: bus_development