On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 12:09:01PM +0200, frantisek holop wrote:
> hmm, on Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 11:26:28AM +0200, Jan Stary said that
> > On Apr 06 11:15:26, frantisek holop wrote:
> > > hi there,
> > >
> > > what happens if i specify a cronjob like this?
> > >
> > > 23 59 31 * * $HOME/bin/whatever
> >
> > Cron will just do what it's told: run whatever at "31.*. 23:59"
>
> so i could basically do 12 lines with the correct
> last day of the month rules :]
>
> > > i am looking for an alternative @monthly, not
> > >
> > > 0 0 1 * *
> > >
> > > but the last minutes of the last day of the month.
> >
> > Why?
>
> because for me the month ends at 23:59:59 on the last day
> of month n, and not at 00:00:00 on the first day of month n+1...
>
> -f
> --
> if you have to travel on a titanic, why not go first class?
You have too much believe in the granularity of cron.
-Otto
