crontab 4th Tuesday of month
 

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=28 924
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.



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crontab 4th Tuesday of month
 

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=28 924
> 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 matches your example.

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crontab 4th Tuesday of month
 

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=28 924
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 w.. of month

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crontab 4th Tuesday of month
 

On 07/28/2012 07:03 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> I thought the last tuesday would be covered by above.
> But it has run everyday since 22nd.

Hi,

There's no way to accomplish this via crontab itself. You'll need a
little help by means of a script.

This works:

1) create the following script. Let's call it tuesday-check.sh:

#/bin/sh
[ `date +%m` -ne `date -d "+7 days" +%m` ] && your-actual-command.sh


2) create a crontab entry for the above script so that it runs every
Tuesday (yes I know you want the last Tuesday; the script will
precisely check that):

15 18 * * 2 /root/bin/tuesday-check.sh


Explanation:

date +%m
...returns the *month number* for today

date -d "+7 days" +%m
...returns the "month number" for this day *one week ahead*


For example, if I were to run this on the last Saturday of the month
(today the 28th):

- the first command would return "7".
- the second command would return "8" because the NEXT Saturday is
already August.

Because both of the returned numbers are different (7 and 8) the command
will run.

HTH,
Jorge
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crontab 4th Tuesday of month
 

On 28/07/12 13:50, Jorge Fábregas wrote:

On 07/28/2012 07:03 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:

I thought the last tuesday would be covered by above.
But it has run everyday since 22nd.


Hi,

There's no way to accomplish this via crontab itself. You'll need a
little help by means of a script.

This works:

1) create the following script. Let's call it tuesday-check.sh:

#/bin/sh
[ `date +%m` -ne `date -d "+7 days" +%m` ] && your-actual-command.sh




Will check this for next Tuesday.
Thank everybody for the replies.


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crontab 4th Tuesday of month
 

On Saturday 28 July 2012 12:03:09 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=2584787478dc5ab0791da9
> ba8d650aa5&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.
>
Try the following

eg. this picks out the first sunday of the month

07 03 1-7 * * test `date +\%a` = Sun && /usr/local/bin/backup-full

So

15 18 22-28 * * test 'date +\%a' = Tue && command


Tony
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crontab 4th Tuesday of month
 

On 07/28/2012 09:10 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> Will check this for next Tuesday.

I just noticed now... I quoted your message where you state "last
tuesday" but your Subject says "4th Tuesday of month" which are totally
different things. My example was based on the last Tuesday.

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crontab 4th Tuesday of month
 

On 07/28/2012 08:20 AM, Tony Molloy wrote:

On Saturday 28 July 2012 12:03:09 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=2584787478dc5ab0791da9

ba8d650aa5&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.


Try the following

eg. this picks out the first sunday of the month

07 03 1-7 * * test `date +\%a` = Sun && /usr/local/bin/backup-full

So

15 18 22-28 * * test 'date +\%a' = Tue && command



Tony
Not sure if your syntax will work. If it doesn't, here's what has
worked for me:


23 1 22-28 * * [ `date +\%a` == "Tue" ] && /usr/local/bin/my-script

Charlie
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crontab 4th Tuesday of month
 

On 07/29/2012 02:33 PM, Charlie Brune wrote:

On 07/28/2012 08:20 AM, Tony Molloy wrote:

On Saturday 28 July 2012 12:03:09 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=2584787478dc5ab0791da9

ba8d650aa5&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.


Try the following

eg. this picks out the first sunday of the month

07 03 1-7 * * test `date +\%a` = Sun && /usr/local/bin/backup-full

So

15 18 22-28 * * test 'date +\%a' = Tue && command

Tony

Not sure if your syntax will work. If it doesn't, here's what has worked
for me:

23 1 22-28 * * [ `date +\%a` == "Tue" ] && /usr/local/bin/my-script

Charlie


If you are firing off a script with this why don't you build the logic
into the script? Let cron fire off the script every Tuesday. The
script can determine if it's the correct Tuesday and take whatever
action you want if it is or exit if it isn't.


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crontab 4th Tuesday of month
 

On 07/29/2012 02:28 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:

On 07/29/2012 02:33 PM, Charlie Brune wrote:

On 07/28/2012 08:20 AM, Tony Molloy wrote:

On Saturday 28 July 2012 12:03:09 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=2584787478dc5ab0791da9

ba8d650aa5&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.


Try the following

eg. this picks out the first sunday of the month

07 03 1-7 * * test `date +\%a` = Sun && /usr/local/bin/backup-full

So

15 18 22-28 * * test 'date +\%a' = Tue && command

Tony

Not sure if your syntax will work. If it doesn't, here's what has worked
for me:

23 1 22-28 * * [ `date +\%a` == "Tue" ] && /usr/local/bin/my-script

Charlie


If you are firing off a script with this why don't you build the logic
into the script? Let cron fire off the script every Tuesday. The
script can determine if it's the correct Tuesday and take whatever
action you want if it is or exit if it isn't.



That would work too.

It's just a matter of taste and where you want scheduling logic to be.
I prefer to have all of the logic on when the script should run is in
one place. That way, if I change my mind on when the script runs, I
only have one file to examine and edit to change it.

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