Cronjob in W98?
Hugh Newbury
particular time each day. Any ideas, please?
TIA
Hugh
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Hugh Newbury
Auric__
> Can one do a cronjob in W98? I need to download a web page at a
> particular time each day. Any ideas, please?
Windows scheduler (scheduled tasks). I can't remember if it's under the
control panel, or in Programs\Accessories somewhere. Schedule a program such
as wget to do it for you. (Get wget or whatever from the internet.)
If you're actually using a version of cron (which is *not* included with
Win9x), just add wget (or whatever) to the crontab.
Wget can be downloaded from here:
http://www.christopherlewis.com/WGet/WGetFiles.htm
or here:
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm
or here:
http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/#download
Of course, this assumes that you're already connected to the internet...
*that* I don't know how to schedule.
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Hugh Newbury
> On Fri, 15 May 2009 13:51:04 GMT, Hugh Newbury wrote:
>
>> Can one do a cronjob in W98? I need to download a web page at a
>> particular time each day. Any ideas, please?
>
> Windows scheduler (scheduled tasks). I can't remember if it's under the
> control panel, or in Programs\Accessories somewhere. Schedule a program such
> as wget to do it for you. (Get wget or whatever from the internet.)
>
I've looked/searched, but it seems no scheduler is included in my
version of W98. But v many thanks for the idea. I'll try a different
angle -- if I can think of one!
Auric__
It's been a while since I used 9x, but I'm pretty sure that the scheduler was
included in all versions of 98.
This page has a short how-to:
http://www.iopus.com/guides/winscheduler.htm
Maybe that'll help.
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Hugh Newbury
>
> It's been a while since I used 9x, but I'm pretty sure that the scheduler was
> included in all versions of 98.
>
> This page has a short how-to:
> http://www.iopus.com/guides/winscheduler.htm
>
> Maybe that'll help.
>
Very useful! But it actually tells you how to install it if not already
there in your version. I really don't want to muck about with my ancient
Dell laptop just to get winscheduler. I would be bound to destroy what
it currently does pretty well. I have another cunning plan!
But thanks, Auric, for the tip.
Auric__
> Auric__ wrote:
>
>> It's been a while since I used 9x, but I'm pretty sure that the
>> scheduler was included in all versions of 98.
>>
>> This page has a short how-to:
>> http://www.iopus.com/guides/winscheduler.htm
>>
>> Maybe that'll help.
>
> Very useful! But it actually tells you how to install it if not already
> there in your version. I really don't want to muck about with my ancient
> Dell laptop just to get winscheduler. I would be bound to destroy what
> it currently does pretty well. I have another cunning plan!
Did it work?
> But thanks, Auric, for the tip.
NP.
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