Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:11:30 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A cron job to run every 4 weeks Message-ID: <20011105161130.C3639@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <008201c16607$1e2f5ff0$fa01a8c0@ABERRATION>; from predius@netzero.net on Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 09:35:29AM -0500 References: <512fe501a6.501a6512fe@mbox.com.au> <3.0.5.32.20011105075659.01006480@mail.sage-american.com> <008201c16607$1e2f5ff0$fa01a8c0@ABERRATION>
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Hello, Use "at". Write the script to do the job you require. Using "at" set it to run for the first occasion. As the last statement in the script call "at" again with a time specification of "now + 28 days" -- Regards Cliff On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 09:35:29AM -0500, Predius wrote: > It's hackish but, set a weekly cron job, say every sunday that runs a > wrapper. The wrapper incriments a counter in a status file, when the > counter hits 4, you reset the counter and the wrapper initiates whatever > proc you wanted to run. > > Joshua Coombs > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jacks@sage-american.com> > To: <smorton@acm.org>; "BSD Freak" <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au> > Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 8:56 AM > Subject: Re: A cron job to run every 4 weeks > > > > You could set it as follows to at least do it every month (almost every 4 > > weeks) > > > > #minute hour mday month wday command > > 0 4 1 * * ~/scripts/myscript > > > > ... or include the "date" command in your script perhaps to pick the > day... > > but that is getting more complicated than the above... > > > > At 01:34 AM 11.5.2001 -0500, Simon Morton wrote: > > >BSD Freak wrote: > > > > > >> Hiya all again.... > > >> > > >> I need to set a cron job to do something at 4am on Monday every 4 weeks > > >> (not every month). I have put the following in (as a regular user using > > >> crontab -e) : > > >> > > >> #minute hour mday month wday command > > >> 0 4 * * 1/4 ~/scripts/myscript > > >> > > >> > > >> I think that this is incorrect, but I'm not sure...couldn't find any > > >> good info on something like this...... Also if this is correct, when > > >> will it start from? This monday? Next monday? When will it start > > >> counting down the 4 weeks? > > > > > > > > >man 5 crontab > > > > > >However I suspect you'll find crontab can't do what you want. You will > > >probably need to schedule your script every Monday and have it only do > > >something every 4th time it is called. > > > > > >Simon > > > > > >-- > > >http://www.SimonMorton.com > > >smorton at acm dot org > > >\rm -rf /bin/laden > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > Jack L. Stone, > > Server Admin > > > > Sage-American > > http://www.sage-american.com > > jacks@sage-american.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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