Thanks for the explanation Stu, I now understand Martin's point. I would suggest then changing the cront to: 0 4 15-21 * * /path/to/my/script and then have the script check if it is indeed a Sunday.
Rafael On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Stu Teasdale <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:34:56AM -0500, Rafael Carneiro wrote: > > $quoted_author = "Martin Barry"; > > > b) schedule with CRON every day from 15th to 21st but exit immediately > if > > it's not a Sunday. > > > > That's exactly what one would achieve by using the crontab entry suggest > in > > the first email of this thread (2nd zero=Sunday): > > 0 4 15-21 * 0 /path/to/my/command > > Unfortunately a quirk of the crontab format is that weekdays logically > OR with the other fields, rather than ANDing, as the previous replies > explained. Check man 5 crontab for details. > > Stu > > -- > From the prompt of Stu Teasdale > > Love means nothing to a tennis player. > _______________________________________________ > Opsview-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opsview.org/lists/listinfo/opsview-users >
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