•  19-09-2019
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Question

I just setup cron on my windows dev system in order to perform an hourly run of a script.

I tried to edit crontab in order to run my script hourly, sadly with no success.

Could anyone pls. drop me the crontab line which will execute script.xy every hour?

Was it helpful?

Solution 2

I figured it out: 0 * * * * C:\doSomeWork.script Makes the script run every full hour. Sometimes the easy way is the best... ;) thx anyway

OTHER TIPS

If you're using Windows, why not use the built-in Scheduled Tasks (Accessories-System Tools)?

It may not show up immediately in the Wizard, but it is possible to set up tasks to be run hourly. Just add a daily task and then tick the "Open Advanced Properties" checkbox. Then go to the Schedule tab and again click "Advanced".

I'd argue you probably don't want to be using Cron on Windows at all. Instead use a Scheduled Task (accessible through the Control Panel) and select your script.

Alternatively create a Windows service which runs your program hourly. I've never heard of people using Cron for Windows tasks in this way.

Can't you use the Windows Task Scheduler instead of crontab? A commandline solution would look something like:

at 00:00 /EVERY:M,T,W,Th,F,S,Su yourScript.cmd
at 01:00 /EVERY:M,T,W,Th,F,S,Su yourScript.cmd
...

Notice that you have to schedule a new task for each hour. Anyone got a better soluition for this using the at command?

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