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!
> >
> >
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