Thanks for all the ideas. I sent the httpcmd and wget ideas off to out NT admin, and will shelve my attempts to get crontab working.
John > Hi, > > You can also use Wget. Like httpcmd, it is a command line file/URL > retriever. Unlike httpcmd, Wget also works with FTP sites and can operate > on them recursively. It's worked great for me. > > The main Wget site is http://wget.sunsite.dk/. > > Eric > > > At 08:55 AM 10/4/2002, you wrote: > >I use a DOS command line http client tool called httpcmd and it works > >excellent with the task scheduler in 2000. It'll popup a DOS window when it > >does its work but shuts it down when its done. I started using it when the > >WiTango cron process would fail randomly. > > > >I think it comes in the Windows Servers resource kits. You can find it on > >the web as well. If you need this tool, email me off list. > > > >-Erik > > > > > I use the task scheduler method and I am doing exactly as you stated in > > > your post here. I tried and tried to get the cron to run and finally > > > just had to find another way. My cron ran fine when we were serving on > > > Win NT boxes, but, when we moved to 2000, for some reason the cron > > > wouldn't' kick off like it use to. > > > > > > The task scheduler method isn't the best, but, it opens a browser with a > > > home page that I told it to go to. Off that home page I have a taf that > > > runs. The problem though, was when I needed other tafs to run and of > > > course I only have one browser, so, I did the next best thing and just > > > put branch's to the other taf's. I admin, a very unconventional way of > > > going about things, but, it does what my cron use to do. > > > > > > I do wish there was another way. > > > > > > Steve Campbell > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 11:55 PM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > > > Subject: Witango-Talk: cron help or task scheduler > > > > > > I have been banging my head against the old crontab > > > issue. One reason I'm looking at crontab again is > > > because the way our NT Admin has set up task scheduler > > > causes a browser window to open on the server when it > > > runs my taf files. So if there is way to use the Task > > > Scheduler to run a taf with out opening a browser > > > window, great! > > > > > > In the meantime, here is the output from my tango.log > > > 03/10/2002 21:28:46 0 > > > [Cron] Sent http://localhost:80/cronmail.taf > > > > > > and here is my textcron.txt > > > > > > # Run this application file all the time (every minute) > > > * * * * * http://localhost/cronmail.taf > > > > > > My test is a simple taf that just sends an email. It is > > > triggering the cron file every minute, but the taf is > > > not getting executed. Do I need the t4cgi.exe? > > > > > > I tried that: http://localhost/scripts/t4cgi.ext but > > > IIS can't find scripts directory because it is not in > > > the web root. I moved it to the web root. No luck. > > > The manual was not clear on the cgi piece either. > > > > > > I have tried every combination of ip/localhost/127.0.0.1 > > > and the taf fails to execute. The server parses the > > > crontab file on startup: > > > [2752] Parsed 1 entries in crontab > > > C:\Inetpub\scripts\testcron.txt > > > > > > I have looked through all the past posts, and I seem to > > > be doing everything correctly. I have tried with a > > > blank line at the end of the txt file, and no blank line > > > with a carraige return at the end of the cron task. > > > > > > Any advice would be most appreciated. > > > > > > John Newsom > > >> If you have two WiTango server processes running on the same machine > > > how do > > >> you purge all of them in one go? > > >> > > >> Also, how do you monitor server status at a per-process level in a > > >> multi-process environment? > > >> > > >> - James. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > >> 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 > > > > > > >-- > >+_____ > >|__ ___ ___ _____ _____ ____ _ _ | ___ __ ___+ > >| |___|| | | | |__| \ / | |___||__| |___ > >| | ||___ | |___| | \ | |____ | ||___| ___| > >+ > >"A multi-disciplinary creative collective > > based in Denver, Colorado" > > > >Erik Kulvinskas > >www.factorylabs.com > >ph: 303.573.9100 > >fx: 303.573.5975 > > > >________________________________________________________________________ > >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
