On 18/09/2014 17:44, Joseph wrote:
I want to run a cron job only once a month. The problem is the computer
is only on on weekdays Mon-Fri. 1-5
cron tab as this below is an "or" condition as it has entries in Days of
the Months and Day of the Week
5 18 1 * 2 rsync -av ...
so it will run on days 1 or Tuesday of each months.
Is it possible to create "and" condition, eg. run it on Tuesday between
days 1 to 7; depend on which day Tuesday falls on?
You can place a script in /etc/cron.monthly. The run-crons script is
scheduled to execute every 10 minutes, and it will ensure that your
script is executed on a monthly schedule. This is true of both cronie
and vixie-cron.
--Kerin
