Not quite that simple, as wget is a very capable utility with lots of options.
That being said, System.Net.WebClient has most of the capabilities that are exposed by wget. And PowerShell can natively use System.Net.WebClient. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Harry Singh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 9:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cron for Windows 2008 I'd for one be very interested in knowing what is the PS equivalent to wget. On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, Richard Stovall <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I used to run wget from a powershell script using a scheduled task. (Then I > figured out how to do the same thing with just powershell and got rid of > wget.) > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Rod Trent > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Need to run a wget command. > > > > > > Rod Trent > > <thismessage:/mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=1353beed23172452&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=c1ce1794ec09ac12_0.1&zw><thismessage:/mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=1353beed23172452&attid=0.2&disp=emb&realattid=c1ce1794ec09ac12_0.2&zw><thismessage:/mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=1353beed23172452&attid=0.3&disp=emb&realattid=c1ce1794ec09ac12_0.3&zw><thismessage:/mail/u/0/s/?view=att&th=1353beed23172452&attid=0.4&disp=emb&realattid=c1ce1794ec09ac12_0.4&zw> > > > > From: Michael B. Smith > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:01 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Cron for Windows 2008 > > > > I gotta ask – what’s wrong with Task Scheduler? It was basically re-written > for LH and has lots of nice features and functionality now… > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 5:53 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Cron for Windows 2008 > > > > Anyone running Cron jobs on Windows 2008? > > > > I need a good, stable Cron app. Hopefully something that can be run as a > service, but not required. > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
