From: Whittemore, Dale (dale.whittemore@lmco.com)
Date: Wed Nov 26 2003 - 13:53:27 EST
Thanks to all who answered, to many to list.
Several methods, including the one I am currently using were suggested.
What I decided to use is the one I am currently using:
dow=`date +%a`
dom=`date +%d`
if [[ $dom -lt 8 ]] && [[ $dow = Sun ]]
then
......
else
......
fi
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it.
Dale A. Whittemore
Computer Systems Analyst, Senior
Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems
Denver, Colorado
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[mailto:hpux-admin-owner@DutchWorks.nl]On Behalf Of Whittemore, Dale
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:12 AM
To: hpux-admin@DutchWorks.nl
Subject: [HPADM] Cron help
I think I know the answer to this one but I wanted to check with the rest of you.
Given the following line in the crontab file:
min hour dom mon dow script to run
00 18 1-7 * 0 /usr/local/bin/<script>
00 18 8-31 * 0 /usr/local/bin/<script2>
<script> will run at 6:00pm the first 7 days of the month then every Sunday there after?
I tried the above in the cron starting on 11/20 and <script2> ran from the 20th thru the 23rd before I caught it.
What I was hoping to accomplish is for <script> to run on the first Sunday of the month and have <script2> run the other Sundays. Is there a way, using the cron, to accomplish what I was hoping for? Buying a third party job scheduling package would be nice but is not an option at this time.
I have already modified <script> to do a check of the day-of-week and day-of-month and if it is Sunday and the day-of-month is less than 8, execute otherwise exit.
Thanks
Dale A. Whittemore
Computer Systems Analyst, Senior
Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems
Denver, Colorado
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