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Date:      Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:52:05 -0700
From:      Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@seattleFenix.net>
To:        Unix Tools <unixtools@hotmail.com>
Cc:        "Defryn, Guy" <G.P.Defryn@massey.ac.nz>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: crontab
Message-ID:  <20020830055205.I59566@mail.seattleFenix.net>
In-Reply-To: <OE26V4DtonSDXaFzX6G0000dac4@hotmail.com>; from unixtools@hotmail.com on Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 06:28:28AM %2B0530
References:  <98B01D2717B9D411B38F0008C7840931057F3B0E@its-xchg2.massey.ac.nz> <OE26V4DtonSDXaFzX6G0000dac4@hotmail.com>

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* Unix Tools (unixtools@hotmail.com) [020830 05:43]:
>> 
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: Defryn, Guy 
>>   To: questions@freebsd.org 
>>   Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 04:26 AM
>>   Subject: crontab
>> 
>> 
>>   I have a question about Crontab. One of the options is the weekday.
>> 
>>   Is Sunday the first day or last day of the week.
>> 
>>   I have a feeling that this differs on your location
>> 
>>   How does Freebsd see this?
>> 
>>   Guy
>
> sunday is 0

  Sunday is also 7 in Vixie Crontab. In System V Crontab (I believe my reference
Solaris 9 machine would be SysV Crontab) Sunday is just 0. If your week needs a
beginning in agreement with cron, Sunday is probably your best bet.

Regards,

-- 
Benjamin Krueger

"Everyone has wings, some folks just don't know what they're for"
- B. Banzai
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