On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:37:19 +0100, Florian Ernst wrote: >> >> Is there any easy way to schedule a job for a duration that is >> >> greater than one month but shorter than 2 months? Any duration will >> >> do, as long as it is easy to schedule. >> > >> > Easy? Hmmm. >> > >> > 0 12 * * 1 [ $(expr $(/bin/date +\%s) / 60 / 60 / 24 / 7 \% 8) -eq 3 >> > ] && myscript >> >> Nice. > > Oops, forgot to paste the trailing ... || /bin/true which keeps newer > cron from reporting the job as failed whenever [ ... ] doesn't exit > successfully.
Comparing to other posted answers, this is simply the easy way to schedule. I'll go with every 6 weeks (~45 days), or heck, go with every 7 weeks because the script won't care if a year can be devided up in 7 weeks nicely. 0 12 * * 1 [ $(expr $(/bin/date +\%s) / 60 / 60 / 24 / 7 \% 7) -eq 3 >> > ] && myscript || /bin/true Thanks Florian. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jjmbbo$hsc$1...@dough.gmane.org
