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newbie -> getting programs to automatically check the tim
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 2:52 pm
by Tachyon
Hello, all.
What are the best ways to make a program check the clock and perform scheduled tasks without a person visiting a Web page to wake up the program?
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:04 pm
by Illusionist
i dont understand waht exactly it is your asking for, but maybe you could use the task scheduler (Windows) or crons (*nix)
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 6:03 pm
by Tachyon
For example, I want to load a program onto my Web space that sends a text file to my Email every day at 4:15pm.
Could anyone tell me more about the task scheduler or crons? Those sound like interesting options.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 6:05 pm
by Illusionist
load a program onto my Web space
not quite sure what you mean by that, but if you have a PHP script made, that will simply mail that text file to you, then you can use the task scheduler to run that page everyday at 4:15. What OS are you running??
the Task Scheduler is on windows platforms...
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:25 pm
by Tachyon
Thanks for the reply. I use a PC with Windows XP Pro. My Web site is hosted by a company in another state on a Linux server running Apache.
I was hoping for something I could load up to my Web site since my own computer spends a lot of time turned off.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:39 pm
by Illusionist
ask your server about cron jobs
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:45 pm
by angrytuna
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:53 pm
by Tachyon
Thanks, everyone!