I think the 'Scheduled tasks' referred to is what I would call the Scheduler service.
AT jobs can be created from the command line (probably fine if you are a Unix/Perl type person) or from the GUI using WINAT (if you are a dumb NT person like me). To use AT jobs the Scheduler service needs to be running. This itself isn't normally a problem. However as with all things NT it is prone to stopping/crashing. Therefore the log file concept stated below is a very good idea. Alternatively some other form of notification. The same applies for Win2k. If you have money to burn there is a product out there called ControlM with quite powerful scheduling capabilities (i.e. cross platform and task dependant sequencing) however I think that would be overkill for what you require. &rw (Glad to have found something on the list he can actually contribute to) -----Original Message----- From: Stout, Joel R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 October 2001 19:11 To: 'Gibbs Tanton - tgibbs'; 'Eric Wang '; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Subject: RE: Periodic Auto Start On windowsNT you can use 'Scheduled Tasks'. For example I have: C:\Perl\work\ftp\edicheck.pl /m running every night at 11:59. It will pop up a dos window and run. In the morning you can check the 'Last Result' column to make sure it ran okay, but I usually build a log file entry into my script. Joel -----Original Message----- From: Gibbs Tanton - tgibbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 11:04 AM To: 'Eric Wang '; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Subject: RE: Periodic Auto Start If you are on a unix system you can use cron man cron I don't know about windows. -----Original Message----- From: Eric Wang To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10/4/2001 1:03 PM Subject: Periodic Auto Start Hi People, How do I call a perl script periodically. Say everyday at 2:00am, I copy one directory to the backup machine? Thanx Eric -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
