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

[Geoffrey Myers]

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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-- 
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