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Old 09-14-2007
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Originally Posted by daveisme View Post
how about
00 08 1-7,15-21 * 3 /home/user/user.script

This should give you the 1st and 3rd web of every month.
I think day of the week is an "or" rather than an "and". I've been bitten by this before. From the man page.
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This example

0 0 1,15 * 1

would run a command on the first and fifteenth of each
month, as well as on every Monday.