I've used the task scheduler with a port of "wget". I believe it can do HTTP and FTP and it is free. I also found a port of "cron" that your can run as a service on an NT box if you don't trust the windows scheduler.
Mike Jon Grieve wrote: > Right -- on NT4 you use AT. On Windows 2000 Server, you get the much better > Task Scheduler. If you use AT on 2000, it actually creates Task Scheduler > items... ;) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Troy Sosamon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 30 April 2002 4:26 > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Cron Setup > > I use a batch file using the AT command to do things on a regular schedule. > > Troy Sosamon > > >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== > >John, > > > >I use the Windows Task Scheduler for these kinds of things, purely because > >the GUI is easier to work with when settings the timing. > > > >Using Task Scheduler, you can have it fire off a CMD file to perform the > >same task. In order to access a TAF file, I use the HTTPCMD utility from > >the NT Resource Kit, which is basically a text-mode HTTP Client (i.e. > >Browser). I suspect you could also use a Win32 version of Lynx (try > >http://lynx.browser.org/). > > > >Just my 2 pence... > > > >Jon > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: John Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: 30 April 2002 2:24 > >To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > >Subject: Witango-Talk: Cron Setup > > > > > >Hello all, > > > >I'm on Win2k, IIS and can't get crontabfile to work. Here's what I have > >done. > > > >1. I set the crontabfile variable to > >C:\PVSW\Tango2000\Configuration\crontab.txt and restarted the server. > >* The docs say to specify the full path, but I wasn't sure if the file > >name should be included. > > > >2. Below I'll paste the contents of crontab.txt. Tabs are used as > >delimiters. > > > >3. > > > ># > ># Cron tab file > ># > ># Run this file every 15 minutes > >0,14,29,44,59 8-17 * * * http:\\www.pfmonline.net\cron_15_min.taf > ># > ># > ># Run this file every hour > >1 * * * * http:\\www.pfmonline.net\cron_hourly.taf > ># > ># > ># Run this file every week at 0001 Sunday morning > >0 0 * * 0 http:\\www.pfmonline.net\cron_weekly.taf > ># > ># > ># Run this file at the begining of each month > >0 0 0 * * http:\\www.pfmonline.net\cron_monthly.taf > ># > ># > ># That's all! > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > >________________________________________________________________________ > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > Troy Sosamon > Denver Co > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
