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List:       hpux-admin
Subject:    [HPADM] SUMMARY:Cron help
From:       "Whittemore, Dale" <dale.whittemore () lmco ! com>
Date:       2003-11-26 18:53:27
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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



-----Original Message-----
From: hpux-admin-owner@DutchWorks.nl
[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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