From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Oct  7 08:39:55 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 00F4916A4B3
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  7 Oct 2003 08:39:55 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk
	(happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7675443F3F
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  7 Oct 2003 08:39:51 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk)
Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	h97FdT9E067151
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO);
	Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:39:45 +0100 (BST)
	(envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk)
Received: (from matthew@localhost)id h97FdTR3067150;
	Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:39:29 +0100 (BST)	(envelope-from matthew)
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:39:29 +0100
From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@cryptosphere.com>
To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>,
	Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Message-ID: <20031007153929.GE80886@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@cryptosphere.com>,
	Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>,
	Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
References: <20030930164957.GL59342@ns2.wananchi.com>
	<20030930180743.GA54438@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
	<20031007145347.GB49707@ns2.wananchi.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="o0ZfoUVt4BxPQnbU"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20031007145347.GB49707@ns2.wananchi.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 
	version=2.60
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on 
	happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk
Subject: Re: complex crontab query
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 15:39:55 -0000


--o0ZfoUVt4BxPQnbU
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 05:53:47PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> * Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> [20030930 21:08]: wrot=
e:

> >   23 11 * * Thu   [ $(date +%d) -lt 8 ] && your_script

> How does that differ with the following?
>=20
> 23 11 * * 4     if [ `date +\%d` -le 7 ]; then /path/to/my/command; fi

TIMTOWTDI.

Both lines should have the same effect overall, although I neglected
to escape the % sign in what I wrote, which is not a good move in a
crontab file.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.                       26 The Paddocks
                                                      Savill Way
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey         Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614                                  Bucks., SL7 1TH UK

--o0ZfoUVt4BxPQnbU
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD)

iD8DBQE/gt4xdtESqEQa7a0RArluAKCDZos46Jd7NYVOulXMcEpOe1FbbgCeMXw6
iw5ioh1KGZgxlQxCNfu/Dsg=
=V9Qo
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--o0ZfoUVt4BxPQnbU--