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Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions



On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 12:36:12PM -0400, Bernd Prager wrote:
> > Can some of you post some Linux questions in general and also about
> > Debian? May be with short answers but that's not necessary. If I can
> > get a big list of questions, I'll try to get answers and the more
> > confident I will be.
> >
> > Please also post tricky and troubleshooting questions.
> 
> 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?
> 
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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

-- 
Tarek



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