$quoted_author = "Martin Barry";
> b) schedule with CRON every day from 15th to 21st but exit immediately if
it's not a Sunday.

That's exactly what one would achieve by using the crontab entry suggest in
the first email of this thread (2nd zero=Sunday):
0 4 15-21 * 0 /path/to/my/command

Rafael


On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Martin Barry <[email protected]> wrote:

> $quoted_author = "Rafael Carneiro" ;
> >
> > Not quite sure what you mean by that.
>
> [man 5 crontab]
> Note:  The  day  of a command's execution can be specified by two fields -
> day of month, and day of week.  If both fields are restricted (ie, aren't
> *), the command will be run when either field matches the current time.
>  For
> example, ``30 4 1,15 * 5'' would cause a command to be run at 4:30 am on
> the
> 1st and 15th of each month, plus every Friday.
> [/man 5 crontab]
>
>
> > How else would I tell cron to run every 3rd sunday of the month?
>
> You need to push some of the scheduling smarts to the command or script.
>
> Either:
> a) schedule with CRON every Sunday but exit immediately if the date is not
> within the 15th to 21st.
>
> b) schedule with CRON every day from 15th to 21st but exit immediately if
> it's not a Sunday.
>
> cheers
> Marty
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