Re: [flexbackup-help] What exactly is the "-wday" switch for?

[Simon M. <sim...@ch...>]

> Hi!
>
> I've read the FAQ, but didn't find an answer why these two crontab
> entries should behave different:
>
> With -wday:
>  0 3 1-7 * * flexbackup -wday 7 -set all ....
>
> Without -wday:
>  0 3 1-7 * 7 flexbackup -set all ....

I think they are not different, but you can do more difficult things like
a backup every first friday of a month. That's something not possible wit=
h
crond alone. I had the same question but found the answer somewhere in th=
e
FAQ or a readme.

>
> Besides this, the man page flexbackup.1 of version 1.2.1 contains a
> wrong description for -wday, I'll file a bug about it.

True, but IIRC the readme is correct.

>
> Thomas
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