Alternate: date +"%U %V %W" man date The format options give you the week number of the year, 0-51 or 1-52, first day is Sunday or Monday. if, eval and/or bc can let you decide whether this is the even week or the odd week, to then do as you deem right. Or do half of the stuff each week. (on even weeks, back up the zero bits, on odd weeks back up the one bits). Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (610)796-5838 >>> akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx 12/16/03 04:27PM >>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 04:34:43PM +0100, dballester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > At 22:00 every wednesday run /command_to_run > > > 0 22 * * 3 /command_to_run > > > HTH > But he wants to run it every other wednesday. It seems to me that he will need to run a program that runs every wednesday but sets and unsets a binary flag which will cause the program to do m=nothing if the flag is 0 (lets say) and proceed if flag is 1. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated ********************************************************************** -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
