complex cron job schedule

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Published on 2010-06-03T18:45:07Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 18:56 UTC
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I know I can do this if I call a script to check, but I am curious if I can do this with just the cron.

I need to run a job once/year on the first Saturday of July If that Saturday is July 4th, run it July 5th.

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