Cronjob bi-Monthly Setup

[drew einhorn]

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Maxime Alarie <malarie at processia.com> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> This is  my crontab Reference:
>
>
>
> #Crontab Reference
>
> #       *     *     *   *    *        command to be executed
>
> #       -     -     -   -    -
>
> #       |     |     |   |    |
>
> #       |     |     |   |    +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
>
> #       |     |     |   +------- month (1 - 12)
>
> #       |     |     +--------- day of        month (1 - 31)
>
> #       |     +----------- hour (0 - 23)
>
> #       +------------- min (0 - 59)
>
>
>
>
>
> What would be the entry of a bi-monthly entry? (every 2 weeks)   Doing it
> in hours is not very elegant. Should I Gio like this?
>
>
>
> 0 10 1,15 * *   /etc/scripts/my_script?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
bi weekly would be every two weeks, usually 26 times a year, sometime you
get 27 depending on the quirks of the calendar.  Can't do it with a cron
job.  Would have to write a script to submit the jobs individually using at.
 Would be messy.

the above is semi monthly you get 24 runs a year.

bi monthly gets you 6 a year, every two months.  Not even close to what you
want.

If the 1st and 15th of the month is "close enough" go with that.  If you
have to satisfy a non negotiable bureaucratic requirement after you find out
some more of the fine print you might have to write the messy script.





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