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

[Michael H. Warfield]

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.

> > 
> > -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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