Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site decuac.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!gatech!seismo!decuac!avolio From: avolio@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: L.sys time field query re weekdays/weekend Message-ID: <688@decuac.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Nov-85 12:38:34 EST Article-I.D.: decuac.688 Posted: Fri Nov 15 12:38:34 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 16-Nov-85 03:49:57 EST References: <446@mot.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: ULTRIX Applications Center, MD Lines: 16 In article <446@mot.UUCP>, fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen) writes: > what is not clear (due to narrow examples and limited explication) is > if i can formulate time fields like these: > MoWeFr1000-1800TuThSa1200-2300 /* for whatever bizarre reason */ > Wk1700-0800SaSu /* weekday nights and anytime weekends */ > it is this latter formulation that i hope to use. is this possible? I believe you can get the effect you want by putting the entries on separate lines. In other words, instead of what you have: system MoWeFr1000-1800 ACU 1200 7654321 ogin: LOGNAME assword: PASSWD system TuThSa1200-2300 ACU 1200 7654321 ogin: LOGNAME assword: PASSWD system Wk1700-00800 ACU 1200 7654321 ogin: LOGNAME assword: PASSWD system SaSu ACU 1200 7654321 ogin: LOGNAME assword: PASSWD Fred.