| 1 |
On 19/09/2014 06:21, Joseph wrote: |
| 2 |
> On 09/18/14 19:14, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
| 3 |
>> On 18/09/2014 18:44, Joseph wrote: |
| 4 |
>>> I want to run a cron job only once a month. The problem is the computer |
| 5 |
>>> is only on on weekdays Mon-Fri. 1-5 |
| 6 |
>>> |
| 7 |
>>> cron tab as this below is an "or" condition as it has entries in Days of |
| 8 |
>>> the Months and Day of the Week |
| 9 |
>>> |
| 10 |
>>> 5 18 1 * 2 rsync -av ... |
| 11 |
>>> |
| 12 |
>>> so it will run on days 1 or Tuesday of each months. |
| 13 |
>>> |
| 14 |
>>> Is it possible to create "and" condition, eg. run it on Tuesday between |
| 15 |
>>> days 1 to 7; depend on which day Tuesday falls on? |
| 16 |
>> |
| 17 |
>> |
| 18 |
>> Not in one line. |
| 19 |
>> |
| 20 |
>> Split it into two crontab entries. |
| 21 |
> |
| 22 |
> Interesting. How do you split cron job? I couldn't find any examples. |
| 23 |
> |
| 24 |
|
| 25 |
|
| 26 |
No wait, that won't work. What you want to accomplish cannot be done |
| 27 |
with a single crontab job. |
| 28 |
|
| 29 |
Use periodic/monthly like the other poster said or use anacron so the |
| 30 |
job will run when the machine is next powered on. |
| 31 |
|
| 32 |
|
| 33 |
-- |
| 34 |
Alan McKinnon |
| 35 |
alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
Archives