On 03/21/2017 10:10 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/21/2017 10:49 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> On 03/22/2017 12:48 AM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >>> >>> Vixie cron (as well as cronie with USE=anacron) should run the job at >>> the correct time. >>> >> >> blarg, cronie with USE="-anacron", the anacron flag needs to be OFF. > > I have: > sys-process/vixie-cron-4.1-r14 (pam -debug -selinux) > > I created a cron job as root: > 6 18 3 * 1-5 rsync -av /usr/src/linux/.config > /home/thelma/backup/etc/etc_atom/kenel-config > > and checking the /var/log/messages it run at 18:06 today (Mar.21) ? > but it should run every month on the 3rd. only at 18:06 > > grep cron /var/log/messages > ... > Mar 21 18:06:01 localhost cron[5190]: (root) CMD (rsync -av > /usr/src/linux/.config /home/thelma/backup/etc/etc_atom/kenel-config) > > All my system that I upgraded are effected this way :-/ > > -- > Thelma >
You've told it to run on the third of the month *and* Mon-Fri. It's just doing what you told it to. Dan
