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Nicolas BlaisAug 28, 2005 5:53 pm 
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Subject:crontab : day-of-month support for last-day-of-month
From:Nicolas Blais (nb_r@videotron.ca)
Date:Aug 28, 2005 5:53:24 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-questions

Hi,

Does our crontab allow the use of "L" (as found on http://wiki.opensymphony.com/display/QRTZ1/CronTriggers+Tutorial?decorator=printable) in the day-of-month field which would allow for a job to run on a 31th or feb 28?

It would be useful for certain apps like /www/awstats to update their database on the last hour of the month since putting the cron job on the 1st of the month makes the software update in a new month and putting it on the 30th of the month might loose 1 day.

Nicolas.