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Old 12-08-2008, 12:09 AM   #1
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Monthly job


In our system , there are some batch job will only be run at the last day of each month , but the last day is different ( eg. 31th for Jan , 28th or 29th for Feb , 31th for Mar ) depends on the month, could advsie how can I check if it is the last day of the month ? can advise how to write the script ?
 
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-month-662702/
 
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Why? See my post there.
 
Old 12-08-2008, 09:36 AM   #4
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First you ll hav to define wat is d end day for each month. (not for all months. there are only 4 types of end dates).
if you treat months as 1,2...,12 then set the end date also by considering the year (if it is a leap year or not).
this is only one way.

I think writing a script for that is not tedious. If you hav to run a particular application on the end date, use scheduling package like crontab.

thanx
 
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Define "at the last day of each month" -- specifically when on the last day of the month, specifically before or after the end of the business day.

What is your batch job going to do?

I suspect that for most purposes, just after midnight (i.e. early on the 1st of the next month) is as good as just before midnight.

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