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Re: question with cygwin.bat and Windows Scheduler
Steven...this is *exactly* what I was looking for. Thanks so much for your
help here.
-Mike
Steven Monai-5 wrote:
>
> On 2010/01/09 7:02 PM, aviate wrote:
>> I was avoiding cron...but it might be most useful here. Is there any
>> way to
>> hide the window popping up by Windows Scheduler??
>
> Yes there is.
>
> Install the Cygwin 'run' package (if not installed already). Use the
> Windows Task Scheduler interface to schedule the following command line
> for execution:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe bash -wait --login -c "/myfolder/myscript.sh"
>
> That's it. Your bash script should run in a "hidden" console window at
> the scheduled times.
>
> What's really nice is that with 'run', you don't need to have a separate
> .bat file. Oh, and I guess you won't need cron.
>
> -SM
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