On Saturday 26 Mar 2011, Roshan wrote: > [snip] > In this case, I would assume, it would not be wise to use CRON to > schedule a one time task due to the above "OR" condition. (cron is a > 'regular' habit for me ;) ) > > I think, using "at" is more apt for scheduling one time tasks? (Am I > correct?)
But if the job were one-time, why add day of the week to the condition? To run moms_birthday.sh at 4pm on July 18, just schedule with: 00 16 18 07 * moms_birthday.sh If you only want to run it this year, at(1) may be a better alternative; if you want to continue running it every year, use cron. Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur [email protected] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
