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Old 01-20-2010
Crontab entry
What should be the crontab entry for a script:
to run at 3:00 AM EST Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
# 2  
Old 01-20-2010
Is this a homework question? I dont quite see the complexity of your question, and the following guide will help you: Crontab – Quick Reference
You will probably have 6 entries in your crontab since you are skipping Saturday.
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Old 01-20-2010
Some versions of crond allow 1,2,3,4,5 in the "days" column as well. So, one entry is all that is needed.:
Code:
0 3 * * 1,2,3,4,5  /path/to/my/script.sh

As far as EST goes, crond interprets time according the the TZ settings when crond is initialized. EST and EDT (USA) are the default for that particular timezone. Yours may vary.
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Old 01-22-2010
For Sun-Fri we need to include day zero.

Code:
0 3 * * 0-5  /path/to/my/script.sh

 
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