How to schedule an activity on Windows using Perl?

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Re: How to schedule an activity on Windows? by gellyfish (Monsignor) on May 09, 2005 at 10:36 UTC
Windows has a built in scheduler similar to `cron` on Unix like systems, you can use this. If you want to control this via a Perl program (otherwise this would not be a perl question) you can use Win32::TaskScheduler. /J\	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: How to schedule an activity on Windows? by imperl (Novice) on May 09, 2005 at 10:56 UTC
Im aware of the Task Scheduler in Windows but the problem is that I have around 500 files that need to be executed an Im hoping to write a Perl script to automate this, if possible. Yes, schedule all at different times. Thanks.	[reply]
Re^3: How to schedule an activity on Windows? by rupesh (Hermit) on May 09, 2005 at 11:08 UTC
Do you need to schedule all those 500 files during differrent times? Then I would suggest you to script it (in Perl, of course). If not, then the simplest way would be to add all those files (500 or how-much-ever) in a batch file (In DOS, you name the file with the extn '.bat'). You can then schedule this batch file using the Windows Scheduler or the Perl Module. Cheers, Rupesh.	[reply]
Re: How to schedule an activity on Windows using Perl? by Anonymous Monk on May 09, 2005 at 13:38 UTC
Hi imperl I’m a big fan of cronw. I use it on a daily basis to run bat and perl scripts. Below is an example of the cron file syntax for running bat and perl scripts jobs on WinXP. Adding or changing a job is simply a matter of editing the cron text file. #-------------------------------------------------------------------- # Run a perl script at 06:04 and 16:04 each day. #-------------------------------------------------------------------- 04 6,16 * * * C:\perl\bin\wperl.exe C:\Perl\_scripts\a_perl_script.pl #-------------------------------------------------------------------- # Run a bat script at 08:01 and 17:01 each Friday. #-------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 08,17 * * 5 C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\a_bat_script.bat" #-------------------------------------------------------------------- [download] Dave :-)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How to schedule an activity on Windows using Perl? by aditya.singh (Acolyte) on Jun 16, 2005 at 12:28 UTC
Control Panel->Schedule Tasks->Add new task. Simple enough?	[reply]
Re^2: How to schedule an activity on Windows using Perl? by songahji (Friar) on Jun 22, 2005 at 20:36 UTC
Don't you have to set it up in a batch file? Ex: run_me.bat with content below? `C:\perl\bin\perl myperlscript.pl` [download]	[reply] [d/l]