On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 12:09 PM, frantisek holop <min...@obiit.org> wrote: >> > 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...
cron can't guarantee that it will run the job at exactly that second. It will run the job some time after the time specified, but not before. So if you're looking for second precision for your jobs, cron is not the right tool (there aren't any tools that can guarantee this unless you're running a real time operating system). //art
