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Setting up cron jobs, to run every 2nd week

edu2004eu	19 Sep, 2008 - 08:19 AM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 26 Aug, 2007 Posts: 41 Dream Kudos: 25 My Contributions	Hi. I have CPanel on my free host and the standard cron editor doesn't have a 'run every 2nd week' option. So can anybody tell me what to write in the advanced cron editor so that it runs at 2 weeks. For example: this friday it runs, next friday not, the following friday it runs, then not... and so on (no, I don't want it to run on the second week of the month only). Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Trogdor	25 Sep, 2008 - 05:00 AM Post #2
D.I.C Addict Joined: 6 Oct, 2006 Posts: 517 Thanked 3 times Dream Kudos: 125 My Contributions	the easy way out would seem: #minute hour mday month wday command * * /14 * /etc/do/something.sh however, the distance between executions will be bigger then 14 days after a long month: first execution on day 14, second on day 28, third on day 14 of the next month which is 17 days after the second. why not let it run every friday, and inside the script just exit if its the wrong week.
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Hary	25 Sep, 2008 - 11:41 AM Post #3
D.I.C Head Joined: 23 Sep, 2008 Posts: 190 Thanked 14 times My Contributions	It is not possible to switch on week, so bi-weekly is not possible the way tou like it. The weekly solution, and a check for week number is the best solution: @weekly <script> or 0 0 * * 0 <script> (From the man page: Note: The day of a commandâs execution can be specified by two fields day of month, and day of week. If both fields are restricted (i.e.,aren't *), the command will be run when either field matches the current time.)
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edu2004eu	26 Sep, 2008 - 04:49 AM Post #4
New D.I.C Head Joined: 26 Aug, 2007 Posts: 41 Dream Kudos: 25 My Contributions	Sad... it's a feature they should add... thank you anyway...
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