Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 10:00:11 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: tara@exit1.com Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Cronjob help Message-ID: <20001010100010.U272@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <39E34A7F.124049C9@exit1.com>; from tara@exit1.com on Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 12:57:35PM -0400 References: <39E34A7F.124049C9@exit1.com>
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* tara@exit1.com <tara@exit1.com> [001010 09:57] wrote: > I have read the documentation on setting up a cron job to run every > other Wednesday - I did exactly what the documentation stated - here is > my entry in /etc/crontab: > > #Capitolworks script > 30 12 * * mon/2 root > /usr/home/politemps/capitolworks/newsletter.pl > > However - the script runs every monday - does anyone know what is > wrong...I sure don't get it. I think that you need to try 'wed' instead of 'mon'. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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