RE: how to schedule a job every alternate sundays in unix cron

[Gene Sais]

lol, actually makes sense :).  wondering how the perl version would look like? Gene >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/17/03 02:49PM >>> what a freekin nightmare!  I'd hate to be the next poor bloke who has to decifer this... Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:35 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Brilliant.  :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/16/2003 11:29 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L         To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>         cc:         Subject:        Re: how to schedule a job every alternate sundays in unix cron 0 1 * * 0 /usr/bin/ksh -c "[ `date '+\%a'` = 'Sun' -a $((`date '+\%U'` \% 2)) -eq 0 ] && /path/myscript.ksh" This will run myscript.ksh on even Sundays at 1 a.m. If ?'s, email me direct.                         kommareddy                         sreenivasa               To:       Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>                       <[EMAIL PROTECTED]        cc:                          om>                      Subject:  how to schedule a job every alternate sundays in unix cron                       Sent by:                         [EMAIL PROTECTED]                         .com                             07/16/2003 06:09                         AM                         Please respond to                         ORACLE-L       Hello All, OS: Solaris 2.8 I have to run a backup script in every alternate Sunday. I cant find a way to submit it in cron. Can somebody help me  how to setup a job to run alternate Sundays in unix cron . Thanks and Regards, Srinivas __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: kommareddy sreenivasa   INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services    -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California        -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author:   INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services    -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California        -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author:   INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services    -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California        -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F   INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services    -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California        -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).