On 07/30/2013 04:58 PM, 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 > > maybe... > > 15 04 * * 6 test $(date +"%d") -le 07 && /home/app/oracle/backup/monthlybk.sh > > (untested) Definitely untested! You need to escape the "%" sign, since it is special to cron. Plus, you need to prevent the date command from padding its output with a leading zero, since that would result in the illegal octal numbers 08 and 09: 15 04 * * 6 test $(date +"\%_d") -le 7 && /home/app/oracle/backup/monthlybk.sh -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos