also sprach G. Crimp (on Fri, 07 Sep 2001 07:34:41PM -0700): > Suppose one wants a command to run on the third of every month at 8:30 am, > and only then. Neither "30 8 3 * * <command>" nor "30 8 3 * 0 <command>" > will work according to the crontab(5) exerpt above. The first will cause it > to run on the third, and every day of the week of every month. The second > will cause the command to run on the third and on every Sunday. that's not true. the first part isn't. 30 8 3 * * will run only on the third of the month. either/or only applies when both dom and dow are non-*'s. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck -- he who laughs last, thinks slowest.
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