In article d1f9b6f00806181011w2f5bde1fqffe824cbc565a802@mail.gmail.com, Jeff jlar310@gmail.com wrote:
We have a cron job that needs to run every 15 minutes throughout business hours. The first run is at 8:00, the last run is at 17:00. Is it possible to specify this time range in a single line?
*/15 8-17 * * 1-5 will run 8:00 - 17:45. That's not what I want.
Likewise
*/15 8-16 * * 1-5 will have the last run at 16:45, not 17:00
This is more of a brainteaser than a real problem. I can easily configure the job with multiple entries, but I'm a little obsessive-compulsive so I want to try to do it with one entry.
I'm pretty sure it's not possible to do in one line just in cron. You can do it with a bit of shell too:
*/15 8-17 * * 1-5 [ `date +%H%M` -lt 1715 ] && /do/my/job.sh
Cheers Tony