Re: resynchronize anacron

[Jon LaBadie]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 09:41:23PM +0100, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Currently anacrontab is set
> 7       25      cron.weekly             nice run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
>
> It means that it run every Thursday.
> I am no satisfied by thus day.
> How can I have it running every Saturday ?
>
> crontab is not activated
> #30 12 * * 6 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
>
> 6 would be the right day.

Run your job daily, but make the job a shell script.
In the script run the date command to check the DOW.
If it is Sat, run the real job.  If not Sat, exit.

jl