On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 12:08:38 +0100, Jochen wrote in message <20120309110838.gn11...@wasteland.homelinux.net>:
> Florian Ernst: > > Hello there, > > > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 05:09:23AM +0000, T o n g wrote: > >> Is there any easy way to schedule a job for a duration that is > >> greater than one month but shorter than 2 months? Any duration > >> will do, as long as it is easy to schedule. > > > > Easy? Hmmm. > > > > 0 12 * * 1 [ $(expr $(/bin/date +\%s) / 60 / 60 / 24 / 7 \% 8) -eq > > 3 ] && myscript > > Nice. Is there any reason why you don't use "date '+%V'" (or %W or > %U)? ..or maybe ddate? Tong, ddate uses 5 "seasons" with 73 days in each, should fit your purpose: arnt@nb6:~$ date &&ddate Fri Mar 9 15:25:34 CET 2012 Today is Pungenday, the 68th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3178 arnt@nb6:~$ ddate 14 3 2012 Pungenday, Chaos 73, 3178 YOLD arnt@nb6:~$ ddate 15 3 2012 Prickle-Prickle, Discord 1, 3178 YOLD arnt@nb6:~$ -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120309153522.6e0f2...@nb6.lan
