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To: George Yobst <george@lincc.lib.or.us>
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Subject: Re: Cron question
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George Yobst writes:
> Hi all,
> How do I get cron to start a job on the first Sunday of the month?
> Thanks  -George

By starting a wrapper every Sunday. The wrapper checks that the day of
month and launches your job if it's less than 8:

	if [ `date +%d` -lt 8 ]; then
		realjob
	fi

That's small enough to imbed in a cron file if you really wanted to.

	<mike



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