Tony Molloy wrote: > On Tuesday 30 July 2013 22:58:34 John R Pierce wrote: >> On 7/30/2013 2:32 PM, Keith Keller wrote: >> > 15 04 1-7 * 6 /home/app/oracle/backup/monthlybk.sh <snip> Ok, I just mentioned this to my manager, and he told me why: he said he'd been bitten by this before, and what's happening is that the logic of cron is odd: it's an OR, *not* and AND, so it's saying "if it's a Sat, *or* if it's the first seven days of the month.... mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos