cronjob @reboot monthly?

[Cameron Simpson]

On 13May2012 10:48, Frank Murphy <frankly3d at gmail.com> wrote:
| Can I do:
| crontab -e
| @reboot monthly yum clean plugins

I'm sure you could put such a line in. Doubtless it would run the
"monthly" command (no such animal I expect, and woe to you if there
were!) after a reboot.

What, precisely, do you want it to mean?

Reboot once a month?
Once a month, but only after a reboot?
After a reboot, but only if it has been at least a month since the last
one?

They can probably all be done (not exactly as typed). You'd need to test
some state yourself.
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