Re: crontab 4th Tuesday of month

[Frank Murphy <frankly3d@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 28/07/12 12:53, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:03:09 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote:
>
> > 15 18 22-28 * 2 /command
> >
> > I thought the last tuesday would be covered by above.
> > But it has run everyday since 22nd.
> >
> > Have googled a bit:
> > http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=25110
> > plus other crontab pages.
> >
> > http://hintsforums.macworld.com/member.php?s=2584787478dc5ab0791da9ba8d650aa5&u=28924
> > 15 18 22-28 * * test 'date +\%a' != Tue || /command
> > Am uncertain if above would work ootb.
> >
> > man crontab (22 September 2010) doesn't shed light on this.
>
>   From the manual:
>
>        Note: The day of a command's execution can be specified in the  follow‐
>        ing two fields — 'day of month', and 'day of week'.  If both fields are
>        restricted (i.e., do not contain the "*" character), the  command  will
>        be run when either field matches the current time.  For example,
>        "30  4  1,15 * 5" would cause a command to be run at 4:30 am on the 1st
>        and 15th of each month, plus every Friday.

that was the crontab I used.

> That matches your example.

I mean man crontab, didn't give example for 4th m\t\w\.. of month

--
Regards,
Frank
"Jack of all, fubars"
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