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

[Keith Keller <kkeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2013-07-30, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 7/30/2013 1:43 PM, mcclnx mcc wrote:
>>>
>>> 15 04 1-7 * 6 /home/app/oracle/backup/monthlybk.sh
>
> It certainly doesn't. However, I'm surprised the o/p's crontab entry
> *doesn't* work: it should run only on Sat, and only on when it's somewhere
> between the 1st and the 7th, which could only be the first Sat.

The conditions are ORd, so the job should run every Saturday and every
day from the first to the seventh (which will include a Saturday).  John
is right: most crons do not support "Nth X of the month" where X is a
day of the week.  (I don't know of any.)

--keith

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