RE: [PHP-DB] Newbie:Backend scripts

windows 2000 has a command called 'at' .. which is somewhat like crontab. and there is no reason to run lynx and whatever. php for windows has an exe for a reason 'php.exe c:\path\to\phpfile.php' schedule that every two hours. Mats Remman PHP Developer/Mysql DBA Coretrek, Norway +47 51978597 / +47 916 23566 > -----Original Message----- > From: PHPFAN [mailto:perldbi@usa.net] > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 4:53 AM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Newbie:Backend scripts > > > Thank you very much for your help Beau!!! > > Sagil. > > > "Beau Lebens" <B.Lebens@curtin.edu.au> wrote in message > > news:A2B098B4E624D511BED900508BB92A57A2CFDC@exmsb02.curtin.edu.au... > > // OK, i just checked and tested (jeez i'm a nice guy.. :P) and > > // dodgy Windoze > > // schedule doesn't allow you to do it by the hour, so if you > > // want it every 2 > > // hours, you'll have to set one, daily at 2am, one daily at > > // 4am etc etc, all > > // doing the same thing. > > > > > > change this, under the "Schedule" Advanced settings for the scheduled > event > > you can > > > > "Repeat Task" > > > > every x minutes/hours etc, so only need one scheduled event for > it all :) > > > > beau > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >