X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <27095732.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 21:16:50 -0800 (PST) From: aviate To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: question with cygwin.bat and Windows Scheduler In-Reply-To: <4B495A98.7040003@monai.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <27094829.post@talk.nabble.com> <4B494098.4040706@monai.ca> <27095212.post@talk.nabble.com> <4B495A98.7040003@monai.ca> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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 > -- > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/question-with-cygwin.bat-and-Windows-Scheduler-tp27094829p27095732.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple