1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi all how to schedule a cron job running on last day of every third month at 12 midnight will the following work 0 0 30,31 3,6,9,12 * <required file> thanks (3 Replies)

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Sometimes cron really upsets me and I cant figure out these types of wierd dates, but how do I get cron to run something on every other sunday? I am running Solaris 8. -S (4 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Everyone , have a nice day given below is the line i have added in crontab * * * * * /Rauf/script2.sh intended to run this script after every minute , when i run this script manually it runs fine and produces output , but after adding it to crontab ( like given above ) , it doesnt work ... (5 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

i've created a script which should run every last day of the month. what would be the exact crontab entry for this? thanks! (9 Replies)

5. AIX

Hi. I'm new to AIX and I need to create a crontab entry to run a script every first 5 business days of the month? please help. (2 Replies)

6. Solaris

hi i am new in solaris. i am accessing server through putty. i could not add entry in crontab. i have given "crontab -e" for add a new entry. It is not coming. what parameter i have to set for getting crontab -e thanks (1 Reply)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I've written a script to search for an Oracle ORA- error on a log file, print that line and the .trc file associated with it as well as the dateline of when I assumed the error occured. In most it is the first dateline previous to the error. Unfortunately, this is not a fool proof script.... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

The following bash command line works for the last day of the month. Test by replacing the 1 with tomorrows day of month number && echo "Day before tomorrow"Can it be used within crontab? As * * 28-31 * * && echo "Today ls last day of month" >>/tmp/crontabtestI tried to test crontab with... (1 Reply)

9. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

I have query apply crontab entry that the script executes as below day hours (before 8:00 PM and after 7:00 AM) execute every 5 min in Night hours (after 8:00 PM to 7:00 AM) executes every 15 min How can we set such entry in crontab ? (4 Replies)