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From: Neil Fowler Wright <neil@corpex.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Last day of month crontab?
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 12:28:40 +0100
Organization: Corpex Limited
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Hi,

Is -1 valid in the Day_of_the_Month field of a crontab, to fire the
script on the last day of the month? It does not seem to be covered by
the manual.

Cheers,

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Neil Fowler Wright			Systems Administrator
Corpex Ltd.				+44 171 242 4555