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Old 02-28-2012
You can escape the percentage sign \% on the cron line.
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Old 02-29-2012
Ok, this time more or less tested (I do not have a Solaris box at hand):
Code:
0 9 * * 1 [ $(echo "`/bin/date +\%s` / 60 / 60 / 24 / 7 \% 3" |/usr/bin/bc) -eq 0  ] && /path/to/your/script

 
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