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Run script on cron job only run on first Saturday every month [CLOSED]

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One of our script need run on first Saturday every month. We have following setup on cron job but it run every Saturday.

15 04 1-7 * 6 /xxx/monthlybk.sh

Any one know how to fix it?

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posted Jul 30, 2013 by Amit Parthsarthi

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I don't believe cron has any concept of the first day-of-week of each month, so you'll need to put some code into your script to exit if its NOT the first day-of-week of each month.

answer Jul 30, 2013 by Jagan Mishra
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It certainly doesn't. However, I'm surprised crontab entry *doesn't* work: it should run only on Sat, and only on when it's somewhere between the 1st and the 7th, which could only be the first Sat.

answer Jul 30, 2013 by Deepankar Dubey
The conditions are ORd, so the job should run every Saturday and every day from the first to the seventh (which will include a Saturday).
commented Jul 30, 2013 by Sumit Pokharna
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maybe...

 15 04 * * 6 test $(date +"%d") -le 07 && /xxx/monthlybk.sh
answer Jul 30, 2013 by Sheetal Chauhan
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Run an incremental backup every day of the month except sundays

03 03 1-31 * * test date +%a != Sun && /usr/local/bin/backup-rsch-inc

Run a full backup on the first sunday of the month

07 03 1-7 * * test date +%a = Sun && /usr/local/bin/backup-rsch-full

answer Jul 31, 2013 by Sonu Jindal
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