1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Is there a way to setup a cronjob that will only run on the first monday of the month? (3 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Morning everyone. You'll need to excuse me for I'm running a little empty this morning. Need to execute a job every second Tuesday of the month. Am I correct in my understanding that this isn't possible directly from crontab & hence I'll need to script. Does anyone have any similar solutions ?... (2 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Instead of the first five fields, one of eight special strings may appear: string meaning ------ ------- @reboot Run once, at startup. @yearly Run once a year, "0 0 1 1 *". @annually (same as @yearly) @monthly Run once a month, "0 0 1 * *". @weekly Run once... (2 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. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi, Could any one please let me know the crontab entry for scheduling a job for every first monday of the month? Thank You in advance, Sue (2 Replies)

6. Solaris

What should be the crontab entry in solaris to run a script on 1st of every month? Is this correct? 00 02 1 * * <script to be executed> (5 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How to Set up a cronjob which will run On 4th Sunday of every Month at 8:00 PM :( (11 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, How to setup cronjob to run first wednesday of every month. Is there a way? Thanks.. (9 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi , i need to reboot a server during 2nd and 4th saturday every month. i have come up with the below cron 30 17 8-14 * * if ; then /rebootscript; fi # to reboot every second saturday 30 17 22-28 * * if ; then /rebootscript; fi # to reboot every fourth saturday I am wondering why it... (3 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have requirment to get last date of previous month and the first date of previous 4th month: Example: Current date: 20130320 (yyyymmdd) Last date of previous month: 20130228 (yyyymmdd) First date of previous 4th month: 20121101 (yyyymmdd) In my shell --date, -d, -v switches are not... (3 Replies)