Re: complex crontab query

From: Kai Grossjohann (kai.grossjohann_at_gmx.net)
Date: 09/30/03

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    To: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 23:40:48 +0200

    Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> writes:

    > On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:56:20PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
    >
    >> My understanding is that putting more than one condition in it
    >> performs a logical conjunction. So wouldn't it work to do like this?
    >>
    >> # minute hour dom month dow command
    >> 0 3 1-7 * 4 mycommand
    >
    > I thought that might be the case, but the man page says:
    >
    > # Commands are executed by cron(8) when the minute, hour, and month of
    > # year fields match the current time, and when at least one of the two
    > # day fields (day of month, or day of week) matches the current time
    > # (see ``Note'' below).

    Ick. Silly me. Can't even read the manpage.

    *blush*

    Kai

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