Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mot.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!mot!fred From: fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: L.sys time field query re weekdays/weekend Message-ID: <446@mot.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 13:56:04 EST Article-I.D.: mot.446 Posted: Tue Nov 12 13:56:04 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Nov-85 21:23:03 EST Distribution: net Organization: Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ 85282 Lines: 21 according to the UUCP admin tutorial i have, the time field consists of a days-of-the-week AND times-of-day (range). this would seem to suggest that the following are acceptable: Any /* absolutely any time, any day */ Wk1800-0800 /* weekdays, 6pm to 8am, only */ MoWeFr0800-1800 /* fairly obvious by now */ while these are not acceptable: 1800-0800 /* any day, between 6pm and 8am */ Never /* this gets the effect i want, anyhow */ 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? -- << Generic disclaimer >> Fred Christiansen ("Canajun, eh?") @ Motorola Microsystems, Tempe, AZ UUCP: {seismo!terak, trwrb!flkvax, utzoo!mnetor, ihnp4, attunix}!mot!fred ARPA: oakhill!mot!fred@ut-sally.ARPA "Families are Forever"