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Old 08-27-2012
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Hi !

I need ur help on a UNIX scheduling Concept understanding :

If I need to schedule a job (Say ETL Datastage job) through a shell script using the Cron function to make it run on every second saturday of every month, How can I do it ?

Smilie
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Old 08-27-2012
Hi

Try doing something like this: https://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/15520-cron-schedule-1st-wednesday-every-month.html

Guru.
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Old 08-27-2012
Hi Guru !!

I am new to the function of cron so couldn't get whats shared over there Smilie can u help me in understanding it ?

---------- Post updated at 12:44 AM ---------- Previous update was at 12:33 AM ----------

Code:
30 17 8-14,22-28 * * [ `date +\%u` -eq 6 ] && /rebootscript

This sounds good..found in one of our thread ! Have to try it ! Smilie
Last edited by Franklin52; 08-27-2012 at 04:38 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
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