Cron to run first day of month to calculate date 3 months ago
Hi,
I would like to find out how can i calculate a date which is 3 months ago. I intend to run a cron job on the 1st of every month, and calculate the month 4 months earlier from the date. For example, if today's date is 1st May 2007, i would like to return 012007( January 2007).
i can get today's date by
is there a similar one liner or a few lines to achieve my result? would appreciate if anyone can shed some light. Thank you.
hi,
I have a big file that contains datas since 4 years ago.
I need re-create this file but just lines that are 13 months ago from today.
see what I have: ( I have a file.ksh that calls this file.scl ok !!)
======== file.scl ================
/STATISTICS=stderr
/STABLE
/NODUPLICATES... (3 Replies)
hi,
I have a big file that contains datas since 4 years ago.
I need re-create this file but just lines that are 13 months ago from today.
see what I have: ( I have a file.ksh that calls this file.scl ok !!)
======== file.scl ================
/STATISTICS=stderr
/STABLE
/NODUPLICATES... (4 Replies)
I know I can't schedule this in cron and would have to write a wrapper around my script and schedule it in cron ....but not sure how do to this?
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If the today date is 1-DEC-2008, then output should be NOVEMBER.
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
calendar
calendar(1) General Commands Manual calendar(1)Name
calendar - calendar reminder service
Syntax
calendar [-]
Description
The command consults the file `calendar' in the current directory and prints out lines that contain today's or tomorrow's date. The com-
mand recognizes most month-day dates, such as Dec. 7, december 7, 12/7, but it does not recognize dates formatted in the following ways: 7
December or 7/12. If you give the month as * with a date, such as, * 1, that day in any month will do. On weekends, specifying tomorrow
extends through Monday.
When an argument is present, the command searches through a user's calendar file in his login directory and sends him any positive results
by Normally this is done daily under control of
The calendar file is first run through the C preprocessor, to include any other calendar files specified with the #include syntax.
Included calendars are shared by all users, and are maintained and documented by the local administration.
Options
- Functions for every user who has a calendar file in his login directory.
Restrictions
The extended idea of tomorrow does not account for holidays.
Files
calendar
/usr/lib/calendar to figure out today's and tomorrow's dates
/etc/passwd
/tmp/cal*
/lib/cpp, egrep, sed, mail as subprocesses
See Alsoat(1), cron(8), mail(1)calendar(1)