Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

[Tarek Soliman <tarek-spam@zeusmail.bounceme.net>]

> > 
> > On of my favorite:
> > Q: How does the correct crontab entry looks like to run a script only on
> > the last day of every month?
> 
> Very very interesting!
> 
> * * * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the/script
> 
> It is basically a command that runs everyday checking if tomorrow's day
>  of month = 01
> 
> not exactly the right answer but close enough
> 

Ok so the min hour thing is wrong on the crontab. It should be something
like this:

00 06 * * * [ `date -d tomorrow +%d` -eq '01' ] && /the/script

for 6:00 AM on the last day of each month

-- 
Tarek