G. Crimp writes: > 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.
"30 8 3 * * <command>" will run the command on the 3rd of the month and only on the 3rd of the month. You are misunderstanding the (admittedly unclear) man page. Look in /etc/crontab for examples. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
