From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 30 09:50:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 875F216A4B3 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D541C44008 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:49:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.22 #3 (FreeBSD)) id 1A4NhF-0001vF-2K for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:49:57 +0300 Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:49:57 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: Free BSD Questions list Message-ID: <20030930164957.GL59342@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , Free BSD Questions list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Fortune: "Nuclear war can ruin your whole compile." -- Karl Lehenbauer X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE i386 X-Best-Window-Manager: Blackbox X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.4i (2003-03-19) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 7:47PM up 4 days, 12:16, 2 users, load averages: 0.48, 0.74, 0.93 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: complex crontab query X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:50:02 -0000 This question was asked and was answered by Crist J. Clark some years gone. Google could not help me so I beg to ask here: I would like to run a script via crontab every 1. 3rd day and 28th day of each month (seems easy) 2. Every first Thursday of the month TIA -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington "The box said 'Requires Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD." GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-)