Another option is the "at" command
I don't remember the syntax but from a command window just type in
at help
or
at /?
or
at ?
One of those should get you the help listing which will tell you the
syntax, on windows the "at command" is the same thing as Cron in Unix
DoStuff Postmaster wrote:
> Yes, on a Unix machine you can run a cron job (not sure how to do that
> since I don't use Unix, maybe someone can fill him in) or on windows
> 2000 you can insert a new task into the scheduler and just have it
> link to Internet Explorer and then the web page like this:
> C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
> http://www.yoursite.com/script.php
>
> Ruslan Ohitin wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Try to use a scheduler to run command
>> php.exe -q x:\path\to\your\script.php
>> every 2 hours. (-q - do not output HTTP headers)
>>
>>
>> P> Hi,
>>
>> P> I am using php4 with mssql backend loaded on windows 2000.
>>
>> P> Here is my problem:
>>
>> P> I want to update my database contents every 2 hours with some sql
>> P> statements.
>> P> Is there anyway I can write scripts in php and run them every 2
>> hours?
>> P> Anyother solutions are most welcome.
>>
>> P> Thank You,
>> P> Sagil.
>>
>
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