Re: run script on cron job only run on first Saturdat every month???

[John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/30/2013 1:43 PM, mcclnx mcc wrote:
> we have CENTOS 5.5 on DELL server.  One of our script need run on first Saturday every month.
>
>   We have following setup on cron job but it run every Saturday.
>
> 15 04 1-7 * 6 /home/app/oracle/backup/monthlybk.sh
>
>    Any one know how to fix it?

I don't believe cron has any concept of the first day-of-week of each 
month, so you'll need to put some code into your script to exit if its 
NOT the first day-of-week of each month.



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john r pierce                                      37N 122W
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