#******
***** ***** ***
**** ******** command to be
executed
#******
-**** -**** -**
-*** -
#******
|**** |**** |**
|*** |
#******
|**** |**** |**
|*** +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
#******
|**** |**** |** +-------
month (1 - 12)
#******
|**** |**** +--------- day
of******* month (1 - 31)
#******
|**** +----------- hour (0 - 23)
#******
+------------- min (0 - 59)
*
*
What would be the entry of a bi-monthly entry? (every 2
weeks)** Doing it in hours is not very elegant. Should I Gio like
this?
*
0 10 1,15 * *** /etc/scripts/my_script?
*
Thanks.
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12-02-2010, 08:28 PM
Preston Hagar
Cronjob bi-Monthly Setup
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Maxime Alarie <malarie@processia.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is* my crontab Reference:
>
>
>
> #Crontab Reference
>
> #****** ***** ***** *** **** ******** command to be executed
>
> #****** -**** -**** -** -*** -
>
> #****** |**** |**** |** |*** |
>
> #****** |**** |**** |** |*** +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
>
> #****** |**** |**** |** +------- month (1 - 12)
>
> #****** |**** |**** +--------- day of******* month (1 - 31)
>
> #****** |**** +----------- hour (0 - 23)
>
> #****** +------------- min (0 - 59)
>
>
>
>
>
> What would be the entry of a bi-monthly entry? (every 2 weeks)** Doing it in
> hours is not very elegant. Should I Gio like this?
>
>
>
> 0 10 1,15 * *** /etc/scripts/my_script?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
That should work fine and is probably the easiest way to do it.
Preston
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12-02-2010, 08:30 PM
drew einhorn
Cronjob bi-Monthly Setup
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Maxime Alarie <malarie@processia.com> wrote:
Hi,
This is* my crontab Reference:
*
#Crontab
Reference
#******
***** ***** ***
**** ******** command to be
executed
#******
-**** -**** -**
-*** -
#******
|**** |**** |**
|*** |
#******
|**** |**** |**
|*** +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
#******
|**** |**** |** +-------
month (1 - 12)
#******
|**** |**** +--------- day
of******* month (1 - 31)
#******
|**** +----------- hour (0 - 23)
#******
+------------- min (0 - 59)
*
*
What would be the entry of a bi-monthly entry? (every 2
weeks)** Doing it in hours is not very elegant. Should I Gio like
this?
*
0 10 1,15 * *** /etc/scripts/my_script?
*
Thanks.
bi weekly would be every two weeks, usually 26 times a year, sometime you get 27 depending on the quirks of the calendar. *Can't do it with a cron job. *Would have to write a script to submit the jobs individually using at. *Would be messy.
the above is semi monthly you get 24 runs a year.
bi monthly gets you 6 a year, every two months. *Not even close to what you want.
If the 1st and 15th of the month is "close enough" go with that. *If you have to satisfy a non negotiable bureaucratic requirement after you find out some more of the fine print you might have to write the messy script.
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12-02-2010, 08:51 PM
"Maxime Alarie"
Cronjob bi-Monthly Setup
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[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of drew einhorn
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Subject: Re: Cronjob bi-Monthly Setup
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On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Maxime Alarie <malarie@processia.com> wrote:
Hi,
This
isÂ* my crontab Reference:
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#Crontab
Reference
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*Â*Â*Â*Â* *Â*Â*Â*Â* *Â*Â*
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-Â*Â*Â* -
#Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
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|Â*Â*Â* |
#Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*
|Â*Â*Â*Â* |Â*Â*Â*Â* |Â*Â*
|Â*Â*Â* +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
What
would be the entry of a bi-monthly entry? (every 2 weeks)Â*Â* Doing it
in hours is not very elegant. Should I Gio like this?
Â*
0
10 1,15 * *Â*Â* /etc/scripts/my_script?
Â*
Thanks.
Â*
Â*
bi weekly would be every two weeks, usually 26 times a year,
sometime you get 27 depending on the quirks of the calendar. Â*Can't do it
with a cron job. Â*Would have to write a script to submit the jobs
individually using at. Â*Would be messy.
Â*
the above is semi monthly you get 24 runs a year.
Â*
bi monthly gets you 6 a year, every two months. Â*Not
even close to what you want.
Â*
If the 1st and 15th of the month is "close enough"
go with that. Â*If you have to satisfy a non negotiable bureaucratic
requirement after you find out some more of the fine print you might have to
write the messy script.
Â*
Â*
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Â*
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Â*
Thanks.Â* I am not worried of having 24 or 27 runs..Â*Â* TheÂ*
script does a find –mtime +15 Â*and erase old backups J
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12-02-2010, 09:31 PM
Tony Pursell
Cronjob bi-Monthly Setup
On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 16:14 -0500, Maxime Alarie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is my crontab Reference:
>
>
>
> #Crontab Reference
>
> # * * * * * command to be executed
>
> # - - - - -
>
> # | | | | |
>
> # | | | | +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
>
> # | | | +------- month (1 - 12)
>
> # | | +--------- day of month (1 - 31)
>
> # | +----------- hour (0 - 23)
>
> # +------------- min (0 - 59)
>
>
>
>
>
> What would be the entry of a bi-monthly entry? (every 2 weeks) Doing
> it in hours is not very elegant. Should I Gio like this?
>
>
>
> 0 10 1,15 * * /etc/scripts/my_script?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
See
man 5 crontab
this seems to say you need */2 in the month field for every other month.
Tony
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