Hi,

This is from the Unix Tip of the Day from Unix.ugu:

RUN ON LAST SUNDAY

If you want a job to run on the last
Sunday of every month, you can use
the following syntax from within cron:

18 * * * 0 [`date "+%d"` -gt 24] && /path/to/script

i.e. on sundays at 18:00 check if
the day of the month is greater than
24 - if so run the job (if 23 is
specified the job will run on the last
2 sundays of the month)

NOTE: There back-ticks around the date
command, not single quotes.

This tip generously supported by: duncan.ferguson AT egg DOT com



This is for using cron - but could be adapted to almost anything.

Jane
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Jane Bamberger
IS Department
Bassett Healthcare
607-547-4750
----- Original Message -----
From: "Talafous, John G." <Talafous AT TIMKEN DOT COM>
To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: last sunday of the month


> We take an extra monthly backup of our exchange servers. The last Saturday
> of each month. We do it with this schedule:
>
> tsm: FSPHNSM1>q sched server exch_monthly f=d
>
>             Policy Domain Name: SERVER
>                  Schedule Name: EXCH_MONTHLY
>                    Description: Exchange Monthly backup
>                         Action: Command
>                        Options:
>                        Objects: c:\Progra~1\Tivoli\TSM\MSExc\exchmnth.cmd
>                       Priority: 3
>                Start Date/Time: 07/25/2001 13:00:00
>                       Duration: 7 Day(s)
>                         Period: 1 Month(s)
>                    Day of Week: Saturday
>                     Expiration:
> Last Update by (administrator): TALAFOUS
>          Last Update Date/Time: 07/19/2001 09:01:04
>               Managing profile:
>
> It seems to work fine with one exception. That is for months that contain
> less than 31 days and the last day occurs before Saturday.  In that case,
> the backup will be on the first Saturday of the next month.  But, it's a
> start! Substitute Sunday for Saturday and let me know if you find an
> improvement.
>
> John G. Talafous              IS Technical Principal
> The Timken Company            Global Software Support
> P.O. Box 6927                 Data Management
> 1835 Dueber Ave. S.W.         Phone: (330)-471-3390
> Canton, Ohio USA  44706-0927  Fax  : (330)-471-4034
> talafous AT timken DOT com           http://www.timken.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Burak Demircan [mailto:burak.demircan AT DAIMLERCHRYSLER DOT COM]
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 5:03 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: last sunday of the month
>
>
> How do you achieve to create a schedule for every last sunday of the
month?
> (there could be 4 or 5 sundays??)
> Regards,
> Burak
>
>
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