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crontab day of week vs. day of month?
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I added this to /etc/crontab on a few different linux & freebsd systems: I want a reboot on the 3rd TUESDAY of every month. However, all the systems rebooted on the 3rd Wednesday of this month (the 19th). What am I doing wrong? Update: Thanks to Ranon's answer below, looks like the below revision w…
Error Output
# monthly reboot: 3rd Tuesday of every month 56 07 15-21 * 2 root /sbin/shutdown -r now
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Have a look at . Note: The day of a command's 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. For example, …
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