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# 8  
Old 11-05-2012
But it's not only the first day of the month and only Sunday. It's the first day of the month or Sunday.

Quote:
Note: The day of a command's execution can be specified by two fields: day of month, and day of week.

If both fields are restricted (ie, aren't *), the command will be run when either field matches the current time.
You will need to add some logic either to your script, or the crontab entry, to get the behaviour you are expecting.
# 9  
Old 11-05-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott
But it's not only the first day of the month and only Sunday. It's the first day of the month or Sunday.



You will need to add some logic either to your script, or the crontab entry, to get the behaviour you are expecting.
for me, the important things is avoid the overlaps...
how can i do?
# 10  
Old 11-05-2012
You can put checks like below in your script to control execution:-

Code:
WDAY=`date +"%a"`

if [ "$WDAY" = "Sun" ]
then
      exit 
fi

I hope this helps.
# 11  
Old 11-05-2012
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