[sclug] cron expression

[Alex Butcher]

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, Jonathan H N Chin wrote:

> darren wrote:
>> Is it possible to create a single cron expression (for vixie cron) that
>> specifies the penultimate day of the month?
>
> If you have GNU date on your path:
>
> 	MM HH * * * [ `date -d+2day +%d` = 1 ] && MYSCRIPT

Very tidily done, Sir! :-)

> -jonathan

Best Regards,
Alex.
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