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.

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