Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:58:41 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: [Fwd: Re: Help with Crontab] Message-ID: <4759D021.1080601@daleco.biz>
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Kevin Kinsey wrote: ] Well, as the sage said, "the light at the end of the ] tunnel is an oncoming train." Note the word "restricted" ] there, and realize that it means that both fields are ] checked and the "job" is constrained by both of them. ] ] In other words, any of these should mail you the FBSD ] COPYRIGHT file on Sundays only at 4:30 a.m.: ] ] 30 4 * * Sun /bin/cat /COPYRIGHT ] 30 4 * * 0 /bin/cat /COPYRIGHT ] 30 4 * * 7 /bin/cat /COPYRIGHT ] ] So, "yes, Virginia, there is a Sunday Cron." ] ;-) BUT: > Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I'm trying to use cron to run a script on the first Sunday of every > month at 0930. I used this entry in the crontab: ^^^^ Doh! I suppose you are right after all, and the script needs modified. I suppose I'll have my crow with hot mustard, plx. Esp. since I wrote an article a few years ago about scheduling for the last day of the month only using an external script.... Sorry for the noise, Kevin Kinsey
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