Cron has been extended to support 'last day of the month' and last week day of the month.
Lets recap the structure of a cron attribute:
cron -w<int_list> -d <int_list> -m<int_list> <time> time = single time slot *OR* time series int_list = comma separated integer list, see below for list of valid values |
Remember we *AND* across -w, -d, -m then *OR* for each element in -w, -d,-m
The new cron format will use L, to represent Last day of the month, or last week day of the month.
Hence we now support:
cron -w 0,1L 23:00 # run every Sunday(0) and *last* Monday(1L) of the month at 23pm cron -w 0L,1L,2L,3L,4L,5L,6L 10:00 # run on the last Monday,Tuesday..Saturday,Sunday of the month at 10 am cron -d 1,L 23:00 # Run on the first and last of the month at 23pm |
The cron Late attribute can also be combined: Remember we *AND* across -w, -d, -m or *OR* for each element in -w, -d,-m
cron -w 4L -d L 10:00 # run on the last Thursday(4L) of the month *AND Last of day of the month, this only occurs 3 times in a year in 2019 cron -w 0,1L -m 1 10:00 # run every Sunday and last Monday of the month, in January |