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)

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)

3. HP-UX

Hi all, i want a job to run first monday of every of month. (1 Reply)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How do I start, restart and stop the cron service under Slackware 12? (1 Reply)

8. 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)

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)

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)