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Old 09-13-2007
Scheduling bi-weekly through cron
Is there a way in AIX to schedule a script to run bi-weekly through cron?

I have a script that needs to run every other Wednesday, and this is what I thought I had to enter in the crontab file:
Code:
00 08 * * 3/2 /home/user/user.script

It didn't like that. It reports a syntax error. I'm almost positive that in Linux and/or Solaris something like that will work, or I may be totally off....Smilie

Any suggestions, would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 12-31-2010 at 01:55 PM.. Reason: added code tags
# 2  
Old 09-13-2007
how about
Code:
00 08 1-7,15-21 * 3 /home/user/user.script

This should give you the 1st and 3rd web of every month.
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 12-31-2010 at 01:56 PM.. Reason: added code tags
# 3  
Old 09-13-2007
Thanks a bunch, daveisme!! You're the bomb...!! I'd never thought of that..!
# 4  
Old 09-14-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by daveisme
how about
00 08 1-7,15-21 * 3 /home/user/user.script

This should give you the 1st and 3rd web of every month.
I think day of the week is an "or" rather than an "and". I've been bitten by this before. From the man page.
Quote:
This example

0 0 1,15 * 1

would run a command on the first and fifteenth of each
month, as well as on every Monday.
# 5  
Old 02-19-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by LPT
Is there a way in AIX to schedule a script to run bi-weekly through cron?
Try this:
Code:
00 08 * * 3  [[ $(expr `date +%W` % 2) = 0 ]] && /home/user/user.script

depending on the bi-weekly cycle you may need a "= 1" instead.
# 6  
Old 02-20-2009
I guess it will run from 1-7 & 15-21, and every wednesday. so how does it go bi-weekly.
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