[ale] cron entry that runs the 2nd saturday of every month

[Geoffrey Myers]

Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 10:09 -0400, Geoffrey Myers wrote: 
>> The Don Lachlan wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 02:25:40PM -0400, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>>>> Is it possible?
>>> 0 0 8-14 * 6  /usr/bin/foo
>>>
>>> That says, "Run foo on days of the month between 8th and 14th (inclusive)
>>> that are Saturdays."
>>>
>>> There will be only one Saturday every month in that window and it will
>>> always be the second one of the month.
>>>
>>> I think others in the thread explained this but didn't give specific syntax
>>> and so others continued on script folly.
> 
>> Sweet, just didn't consider that solution, thanks.
> 
> Ah.  Test that out CAREFULLY and read the rest of the thread.  According
> to  my reading of the doco on crontab (5), it will NOT work.

Yeah, I followed the rest of the thread, thanks.

> 
>>> -L
> 
>> -- 
>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
>> "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
>> the government from wasting the labors of the people under
>> the pretense of taking care of them."
>> - Thomas Jefferson
> 
> Regards,
> Mike
> 
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-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson