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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Crontab First Monday of Month only Post 8273 by Perderabo on Tuesday 9th of October 2001 09:38:48 AM
Old 10-09-2001
You're right, molonede, "0 0 1-7 * 1 somecommand" will run command on the first 7 days of each month and on every Monday of each month. We all wish it worked the way punter5, but it doesn't. This means that you can't get what you via crontab alone.

This usual solution is something like, first write a wrapper script that will run somecommand only if the day of the month is 7 or less:
Code:
#! /usr/bin/ksh
day=$(date +%d)
if ((day <= 7)) ; then
   exec somecommand
fi
exit 1

Then run the wrapper every Monday: "0 0 * * 1 wrapper".
 

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hdate_struct

hdate_struct(3) 						libhdate C language						   hdate_struct(3)

NAME

       hdate_struct -

       libhdate Hebrew date struct

SYNOPSIS

       #include <hdate.h>

   Data Fields
       int hd_day
       int hd_mon
       int hd_year
       int gd_day
       int gd_mon
       int gd_year
       int hd_dw
       int hd_size_of_year
       int hd_new_year_dw
       int hd_year_type
       int hd_jd
       int hd_days
       int hd_weeks

Detailed Description
       libhdate Hebrew date struct

Field Documentation
   int hdate_struct::hd_day The number of day in the hebrew month (1..31).
   int hdate_struct::hd_mon The number of the hebrew month 1..14 (1 - tishre, 13 - adar 1, 14 - adar 2).
   int hdate_struct::hd_year The number of the hebrew year.
   int hdate_struct::gd_day The number of the day in the month. (1..31)
   int hdate_struct::gd_mon The number of the month 1..12 (1 - jan).
   int hdate_struct::gd_year The number of the year.
   int hdate_struct::hd_dw The day of the week 1..7 (1 - sunday).
   int hdate_struct::hd_size_of_year The length of the year in days.
   int hdate_struct::hd_new_year_dw The week day of Hebrew new year.
   int hdate_struct::hd_year_type The number type of year.
   int hdate_struct::hd_jd The Julian day number
   int hdate_struct::hd_days The number of days passed since 1 tishrey
   int hdate_struct::hd_weeks The number of weeks passed since 1 tishrey
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