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== 
Note: The day of a command's execution can be specified in the  follow?
ing two fields ? 'day of month', and 'day of week'.  If both fields are
restricted (i.e., do not contain the "*" character), 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.
== 

The exact opposite of what you want.

I actually have a more complex example that would work if it truly WAS
an AND (and I can think of no useful reason for it being an OR but it
is).

Real world situation.  I have a meeting to take place to take on the
Wednesday following the 2nd Tuesday.  Notice that it is NOT the the
second Wednesday.  One Wednesday out of every 7 will be the third
Wednesday.  So I would need a Wednesday that's on 9-15 (15 being the 3rd
Wednesday with 1 and 8 being the first two).  An AND condition would be
perfect.  Tis not to be.  Thou must script.

> -Erik-

Regards.
Mike

> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Geoffrey Myers
> <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> > Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> >> But the OP wanted 2nd Saturday only.  The +%u just tells you it is
> >> Saturday - not which Saturday.
> >
> > I am the op.  Using the combination of the day of the week and the day
> > of the month you can calculate whether its the 2nd Saturday of the month
> > or not.
> >
> >>
> >> I had tested for it being Saturday in my 2008 script but if the cron
> >> job only runs on Saturday it isn't really necessary.   (My test was
> >> to prevent someone from just moving the cron job without
> >> understanding its purpose.)
> >>
> >> -----Original Message----- From: ale-bounces at ale.org
> >> [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Myers Sent:
> >> Friday, August 26, 2011 3:39 PM To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> >> Subject: Re: [ale] cron entry that runs the 2nd saturday of every
> >> month
> >>
> >> Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> >>> When I had to do this back in 2008 on HP-UX I worked out a script
> >>> that relied on the cal (calendar) command.
> >>>
> >>> The following command line will give you the 2nd Saturday of the
> >>> month:
> >>>
> >>> cal |cut -c19-20 |grep '[0-9]'|head -2 |tail -1
> >>>
> >>> The following command will give you today's day of month: date +%d
> >>
> >> Doing something similar only relying on date alone:
> >>
> >> date +%d date +%u
> >>
> >>> You put your script to compare day of month with the output of the
> >>> cal line and run the desired command if they match.   Then your
> >>> cron entry runs EVERY Saturday and the script determines whether to
> >>> run the commands you want based on whether it is the 2nd Saturday.
> >>>
> >>> There may be easier ways to do this on Linux but I figured I'd send
> >>>  you this at least as a basis for thought.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message----- From: ale-bounces at ale.org
> >>> [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Myers Sent:
> >>> Friday, August 26, 2011 2:26 PM To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> >>> Subject: [ale] cron entry that runs the 2nd saturday of every month
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Is it possible?
> >>>
> >>> -- Until later, Geoffrey
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