The script I used was VERY simple, and did not do anything but get my external ip from whatismyip.org[1], add some date and time information, then write it all out to a log file. Sorry if my brief answer earlier implied too much.
[1] If you ever need to programatically get your external ip without any other cruft, whatismyip.org is pretty darn handy. On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Harry Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > First couple links on Google give you options Michael mentioned and the > new Get-Web. Curious to know which option was used, that's all man. > Seriously. > > On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, Joseph L. Casale < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I think another lmgtfy is in order :) > > Seriously, first couple hits take you to the popular scripts that do > it... > > ________________________________ > > From: Harry Singh [[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 7:58 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]> > 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]> > 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]] > >> 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]] > >> 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] > > 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 > > ~ 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 > ~ 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
