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Old 02-02-2012
Power Crontab
Hello Friends,

Please help me to schedule a job through crontab....

How do I schedule a job on every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the every month at 12:00 ..........Smilie

Thanks in Advance....Smilie

Thanks,
Ajit
# 2  
Old 02-02-2012
Welcome

The easiest way is to run on all Thursdays and write a test in your job to see if OK (1rst or 3rd Thursday) or not
# 3  
Old 02-02-2012
But I want it to schedule through crontab.
# 4  
Old 02-02-2012
It is through crontab:
You execute via crontab every thursday. and you test in your job if the date is valid...
Otherwise you explain me how it can be done in crontab knowing the crontab format and rules (though under linux there are more options...).
# 5  
Old 02-02-2012
Yes I need to schedule the job through crontab.
But how can I find out 1st and 3rd Thursday at time of scheduling?
or may I need to run it manually every time.
I heard something like 1#4 in the day field.or can we use a small if condition.

Please suggest.
# 6  
Old 02-02-2012
Asking the same question repeatedly won't get you different answers.

A "small if condition" is exactly what we've been telling you to do all along. cron doesn't have "if". shell script does.
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Old 02-03-2012
Sorry guys I embarrassed you by my question.
But,Please give me the exact cron entry for this.
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