08-19-2008
cron scheduling?
Hi all,
i want a job to run first monday of every of month.
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
How can I configure cron file , to execute a script on evey alternate saturdays ?
I am using AIX 5.0 machine
Thanks in advance
Shihab (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: shihabvk
1 Replies
2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hello there,
i'm learning about task scheduling with cron and all seems hyper exciting, yeppie. But there is a prob:
assume i have a script that needed to be executed at 7am everyday. I could do:
vi mycron
00 7 * * * echo hi mother, i wanna be a script daddy.
:wq
crontab mycron
how... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: alikun
4 Replies
3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Below are two cron entries. what is the difference beteeen writing 20 and */20? how is "20 * * * *" different from "*/20 * * * *"?
1) 20 * * * * find /tmp/ -name "*.log.*" ! -name "*.gz" -mmin +1440 -exec gzip '{}' \;
2) */20 * * * * find /tmp/ -name "*.tmp.*" ! -name "*.gz" -mmin +1440... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: niks
6 Replies
4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Is there a way in AIX to schedule a script to run bi-weekly through cron?
I have a script that needs to run every other Wednesday, and this is what I thought I had to enter in the crontab file:
00 08 * * 3/2 /home/user/user.script
It didn't like that. It reports a syntax error. I'm almost... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: LPT
5 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello All,
I want to run a script for every 5 minutes interval.So i developed a script which has to be scheduled to run for every 5 minutes. That script internally runs another script. But the problem is it is not executing properly. Can anybody throw some light on this.
Below are the code... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: RSC1985
4 Replies
6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How do I start, restart and stop the cron service under Slackware 12? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: proactiveaditya
1 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have a script which is scheduled in the Cron. It runs every 10th and 40th min of an hour.The job has to run every 30min.
But, I do not want to have the 00:10 MST run every day.Is it possible to exclude that run from the schedule?Or any other way through which i can run my job every... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: sparks
4 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, is it possible to schedule cron jobs using business days instead of calendar days? I need to run several jobs on first and third business days of the month. I currently have this cron-tab entry which runs every week day at 5 AM. I need to schedule the same job on the 3rd Business day of the... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Pramodini Rode
8 Replies
9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a script that backs up a directory, creates a log file and mails the log file to us.
find . -print | backup -ivqf/dev/rmt0 | tee backup.log
cat backup.log|mail -v -s "Tape backup log" maillist
This script works fine from the console.
When I schedule it in cron, I never get the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: landog
1 Replies
10. Red Hat
Hi Everybody,
I want to run a script at every 5 seconds. I know how to run it every 5 minutes, is there any possibility to run a script at 5 seconds interval.
Regards,
Mastan (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mastansaheb
3 Replies
LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
apticron
apticron(1) General Commands Manual apticron(1)
NAME
apticron - Generate a mail listing packages which are pending an upgrade
SYNOPSIS
apticron [--cron]
DESCRIPTION
apticron is a shell script which generates a mail with a list of all packages currently pending an upgrade, as well as summary of changes -
using apt-listchanges - to a configurable Email address.
apticron is mainly intended for automatic notification of pending security updates but can also be used in many other situations where
timely updates are necessary.
The --cron option is only meant to be used when invoked by cron in order to run no more than once a day.
FILES
/etc/apticron/apticron.conf
Configuration file, Email address to mail and profile for use with apt-listchanges are configurable.
/etc/cron.d/apticron
Cron job for executing apticron daily.
/etc/cron.daily/apticron
Fallback cron script for executing apticron (if no crond running or system down at designated time).
/var/lib/misc/apticron.cron
Time stamp file used by apticron when invoked with --cron option.
SEE ALSO
apt-get(8), apt-listchanges(1), cron(8)
AUTHOR
Apticron was initially developed by Colm MacCarthaigh <colm.maccarthaigh@heanet.ie> with contributions from Marc Sherman <msherman@projec-
tile.ca>. Since 2006 it is maintained and improved by Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <tiago@debian.org>.
apticron(1)