Comments on: Administrative tasks http://rapidsignal.com/blog/2005/07/18/administrative-tasks/ Rapid Signal: a micro-ISV venture Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:35:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dimitris Giannitsaros http://rapidsignal.com/blog/2005/07/18/administrative-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Dimitris Giannitsaros Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:02:54 +0000 http://rapidsignal.com/blog/?p=74#comment-66 Windows use the Schedule service, accessible from Scheduled Tasks in the control panel (or by using the AT command in dos prompt). You are 100% that I'll probably start skipping the task when it becomes a chore. So I will to try it with a scheduled task. The problem is that my notebook is not always connected to the external disk. I wonder how this will be handled. Windows use the Schedule service, accessible from Scheduled Tasks in the control panel (or by using the AT command in dos prompt).

You are 100% that I’ll probably start skipping the task when it becomes a chore. So I will to try it with a scheduled task. The problem is that my notebook is not always connected to the external disk. I wonder how this will be handled.

]]> By: Andrey Butov http://rapidsignal.com/blog/2005/07/18/administrative-tasks/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Andrey Butov Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:43:09 +0000 http://rapidsignal.com/blog/?p=74#comment-65 You can also set up some sort of a automated recurring job, such as a cron entry, to take care of running the scripts and copying the data to the remote location automatically. I don't know of any Windows equivalents to cron, but you can always use Cygwin's cron. If you have to do it manually, it becomes a chore, and you'll tend to skip the task. You can also set up some sort of a automated recurring job, such as a cron entry, to take care of running the scripts and copying the data to the remote location automatically.

I don’t know of any Windows equivalents to cron, but you can always use Cygwin’s cron.

If you have to do it manually, it becomes a chore, and you’ll tend to skip the task.

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