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Old 11-05-2009
Question How to write an at command which executes a script every month on 3 rd
Hi

Any one pls give me the at command which runs 3 rd of every month at 2 am.

Its urgent ...Your help would be so much for me


Thanks ..
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Old 11-05-2009
at is for one-time commands. If you want periodic execution, use cron.
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Old 11-05-2009
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Hi

But i can write a scheduler script which contains an at command which runs my script 3 rd of every month .

And set the scheduler to look for the at command and then only run my script ...

Pls help me with the at command which runs 3 rd of every month at 2 pm ..

Thank You
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Old 11-05-2009
Must be a homework problem,

Anyone else would use cron.

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