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The cron service that we run on windows is part of a whole package of tools made to make a windows machine a little more like AIX.
From this link you can download the entire toolset. (we're only using cron but there are other tools there as well)
http://www.dwam.net/docs/aintx/
An article that explains how to install just the cron part can be found here.
http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/25917/25917.html
I like it because it can be installed as a windows service.
To hit a URL we typically put a wget call inside of a .bat file when on windows.
We're using a version of GNU wget for windows.... For those not familira with wget, it's a command line web browser that you can use to hit a url, and it dumps the file in the current directory. It can be configured to do other things with the file once it's downloaded. In our case we typically would just need to hit the url and don't care so much about the results, so we would choose to delete the file after it's downloaded.
C:\>wget -V GNU Wget 1.5.0
Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Written by Hrvoje Niksic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
You pretty much need to just follow the instructions to install each piece.
Sean Mulligan (Information Technology) wrote:
Hi John
Would be interested in knowing more about this solution you have used opposed to Witangos built in Cron facility.
Thanks
Sean Mulligan
-----Original Message----- From: John McGowan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 June 2004 14:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Crons
Witango has a built in Cron facility, but that has never been reliable for us. We download and installed a third party cron service to run.
We also downloaded a windows version of the *nix "wget" program to make the hitting of the url easy.
I like this type of solution because It allows me to schedule anything URL or script.
Email me off the list if you want more information about the programs we've used.
Perhaps you would still be able to use windows scheduler with the wget facility. The machines I'm talking about were NT, so there wasn't a good scheduling facility.
/John
Witango wrote:
I want to be able to execute certain taf files every night. I am on a win2K
________________________________________________________________________server. Anyone have any experience or knowledge on how this can be accomplished? I tried using the windows scheduler. Not very practical.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Vicky
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