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Date:      Mon, 05 Nov 2001 09:59:10 -0600
From:      jacks@sage-american.com
To:        Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A cron job to run every 4 weeks
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20011105095910.01006480@mail.sage-american.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011105163350.A4161@raggedclown.net>
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Cliff: What exactly would the "at" lines be that preceded a command, as an
example.... I would be interested in that myself.

At 04:33 PM 11.5.2001 +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 04:11:30PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Use "at".
>> Write the script to do the job you require.
>> Using "at" set it to run for the first occasion.
>> As the last statement in the script call "at" again
>> with a time specification of
>> "now + 28 days"
>> 
>Actually you want the new call to "at" as the first line
>of the script, not the last. Otherwise it will run
>increasingly later on the day in question ! 
>So if the script takes 10 minutes to run it will run
>10 minutes later each time..if you see what I mean.
>
>> -- 
>> Regards
>> Cliff
>
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Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Server Admin

Sage-American
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