Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 01:49:32 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: Tim Allshorn <ta_iy@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cron pickle Message-ID: <20010917014932.V43502@strontium.shef.vinosystems.com> In-Reply-To: <F243F4r4rPKlNonsYKU00010632@hotmail.com> References: <F243F4r4rPKlNonsYKU00010632@hotmail.com>
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Tim Allshorn wrote:
> I know the cron command has to be something like : 59 23 ? ? * , with=
=20
> maybe some condition on the end.
I think you could use something like
59 23 28-31 * * [ `date -v+1M +%d` -eq 1 ] && /path/to/your/program
i.e., check that in one minute's time the day of the month is 1, if so,
run the program.
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Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD: The Power To Serve
http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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