From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 30 5:53:39 2002 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 1A6FD37B400 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:53:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.seattleFenix.net (seattleFenix.net [216.39.145.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BEF643E3B for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:53:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo@mail.seattleFenix.net) Received: (from roo@localhost) by mail.seattleFenix.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7UCq5060944; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:52:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:52:05 -0700 From: Benjamin Krueger To: Unix Tools Cc: "Defryn, Guy" , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: crontab Message-ID: <20020830055205.I59566@mail.seattleFenix.net> References: <98B01D2717B9D411B38F0008C7840931057F3B0E@its-xchg2.massey.ac.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from unixtools@hotmail.com on Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 06:28:28AM +0530 X-PGP-Key: http://www.macguire.net/benjamin/public_key.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message