Aim:
Hi I have made a php scraper and want to scrape a website every 10 minutes (by running the php script).
Problem:
I am using cpanel and unsure how to create a background process like that unless I have a browser open on a different machine
You can use cPanel cron jobs:
1. To access the Cron Jobs Menu, click on the corresponding icon located on the main screen of your cPanel interface.
2. Specify the absolute path to the command that you wish to run. For example, if you wish to run the public_html/index.php file in your home directory, enter the following command:
/home/user/public_html/index.php
To disable notifications for a specific cron job, add the following line to the command:
>/dev/null 2>&1
3. Select how often you wish the command to be run by selecting an option in each of the boxes or by selecting a predefined period from the Common Settings drop-down menu.
You must specify settings for the Minute, Hour, Day, Month, Weekday,
and Command text boxes.
4. Click on Add New Cron Job to save your changes and set up your cron job.
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I have to run automatically a batch file once a week to update a file.
To do so I have created a task with Windows Task Scheduler on the company Server with the following options:
Security Options: user me, run only when user is logged in, Configure for Windows Server 2012
Trigger: every Monday at 11.00am
Action: start a program (the path to the bat file with quote)
This configuration works fine. However I wish the update to happen even if I am not here.
So I tried to change to Security Options to:
User: administrator (with batch job rights)
Run whether user is logged on or not
Run with Highest privileges
Trigger and action are unchanged.
I have also entered the admin password when saving the task.
On the Task History the action and task are completed, but the bat file is not run and there is no update happening on my file.
The Last Run Result display:
Incorrect function (0x80070001).
Looking at other posts I have tried different combination:
Run with Highest privileges: ticked or not
The path to the bat file with or without quote
Try to add the path without quote in Start in (optional)
None of these worked. Any idea?
The code is working fine when activated manually. I am not sure what you mean by the command that start the batch.
In the Scheduler it is on the Action tab. The action is start a program and the details is the path to the file ...run.bat
When launch manually I right click on the file and select run as administrator.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Sylvie
had the same problem with a RScript.exe with batch .R file. Runs perfect with main user, also in command line, but when setting the 'run with different user account' it fails.
What I did: added the ScriptUser (an anonymous user that will work forever when I have left the building) to the group Power Users. (Ok, I don't think you are allowed to set it to Administrator). But local\powerusers did it for me. The strange 'Incorrect function' without any details is solved now.
V
I have been having similar issues with a new scheduled task I was setting up. I could run the .exe no problem by itself by clicking on it, but when task scheduler would run it, the app would execute instantly and return a success, but did not actually execute. For us, the solution was to include the Start in folder on the Action tab where you specify the application location. Leaving this value blank will default to the root directory where the most things do not have permission to run.
Task Scheduler Action Settings:
I am probably asking this question in the wrong place (Maybe I should go to an OS forum) - but I still want to know this.
I am using a windows- 7 machine for my work. I log in everyday, do some work and then log off. I take a few short breaks in between when I Lock (Windows+L) my laptop.
I have to account for the number of hours worked by the end of the week which means the time for which I was logged in to this machine.
The problem is that I do complete all the work that is assigned to me, but I forget to keep track of the exact hours I was logged into this machine. I may have logged in at 5 am in the morning and then logged off at 3 in the afternoon- and I dont have any manual logs of my time.
Is there someplace where windows keep a weekly track of
Say per day:
"The Latest log-off time - The Earliest Log in time" into that system for a particular day. I only need these logs for a week.
any heads up would be appreciated. Thanks
I have tried to solve this problem for years, but only recently found a solution that:
May be implemented without administrative privileges
Does not require extra software
Kudos to Guiding Tech for providing the solution shown below. Change the suggested folder and filenames as you desire, but adjust the batch file code and Task Scheduler commands accordingly.
Part One: Create the script
Create the folder where you would like the script and text log file of login and lock/logoff to reside. For this example, I will presume the desired folder is "C:!Scripts\Login\"
Create a new text file in the folder and name it login.bat. A quick way to do this is to right-click a blank space in the folder view, and select New > Text Document, then name it login.bat.
Open the text file and copy and paste in the following code:
echo off
set datecode=%date:~-4%-%date:~7,2%-%date:~4,2% %time:~0,2%:%time:~3,2%:%time:~6,2%
if "%1"=="i" echo %datecode% - Logged in >> C:\!Scripts\Login\login.txt
if "%1"=="o" echo %datecode% - Locked computer >> C:\!Scripts\Login\login.txt
Save the new batch file
Part Two: Create the login task
Open Task Scheduler. Press the Windows key, and then type "Task Scheduler" and click on the application that appears with that name. Alternatively, use Start > Run (Win + R), type taskschd.msc and press Enter.
Select Create Task... from the actions on the right hand side
Enter a task name like "Log the login date and time"
Click on the Triggers tab and add a new trigger. Select:
Begin the task: At log on
Specific user: This should be your Windows account name.
Click OK to add the trigger.
Add another trigger, except this time select Begin the task: On workstation unlock. Click OK to add the trigger.
Click on the Actions tab. Add a new action and point it to your login script with the argument i.
Click OK to add the action.
7. (Optional – Only required if you are using a laptop) Click on the Conditions tab and uncheck the box that says Start the task only if the computer is on AC power. Click on OK to create the task.
Part Three: Create the lock task
In Task Scheduler, select Create Task… from the actions on the right hand side.
Enter a task name like Log the lock date and time.
Click on the Triggers tab and add a new trigger. Select:
Begin the task: On workstation lock
Specific user: This should be your Windows account
Click OK to add the trigger.
Click on the Actions tab. Add a new action and point it to your login script with the argument o.
Click OK to add the action.
(Optional – Only required if you are using a laptop) Click on the Conditions tab and uncheck the box that says Start the task only if the computer is on AC power. Click on OK to create the task.
Part Four: Testing that everything is working as expected
Your work is now complete. You just need to test that everything is working as expected. Just lock your computer by hitting WIN+L and log back in. If you followed the instructions properly, you should now have a file called login.txt in the same folder as your script. This file should contain a log of each time you log in and out of your computer.
You can use the event log to check when you logged in and logged put (or locked the PC for that matter) but you would have to do that by hand.. You could write a program to do that but that would be hard.
BTW: You will need to enable a group policy or something to enable login events. Have a look here
I have a script that normally executes every 5 minutes.
It starts a Photoshop session and treats pictures in a folder.
This works but I need to stay logged in to the PC.
I tried with the setting Run logged on or not.
I then created a windows task based on a event 4663 and/or 5145.
When a file now arrives in the folder the event fires the script I even see Photoshop launching, but no pictures is treated.
It's the same script so I don't know why this is the case..
Regards
Guy
My current use of iTerm is the following everytime:
- Open up
- cd into my project folder
- open up another tab
- cd into my project folder
- Grunt Watch
- open up another tab
- SSH into live server
This is getting a bit tedious now, is there a simple way to make a one click for all of this to be done? I remember back in the windows days you could create custom command prompt files so it would open up and you could just double click it like an app.
Is there anyway I can do this? I have looked at the profiles and I don't think I can do what I am after with that.
Just need pointing in the right direction.
If you're using iTerm2, there is a feature called Arrangements (see the last entry on the page). With this, you can set iTerm to open a series of profiles (which can be set to run a command at startup, start in a specific directory, run a certain shell, etc.).
It seems that creating one profile for working in a directory, a second for the Grunt Watch, and a third to SSH should be trivial, and once the arrangement is saved, it can be recalled with the press of a hotkey (Cmd⇧R on my install). You can also set this to save split-pane windows if you don't want a separate window for each of these tasks.
I'm trying to write a bash script and need to learn how many seconds past since user logged in(xsession). I'm searching for hours and i couldn't find a solution for that. I found only uptime command but i think it's only get computers running time.
To be more clear...
I'm writing gui with gtkdialog and i have "hide gui on startup" option. I can start program when user login and if user check that option i can hide gui. But if user wants to configure options and open the gui again???
My only solution for that. I can write the condition if user logged in 30 sec ago or if not checked "hide gui on startup" option than show gui. So if user click program in xsession can see gui again.
You can get information about users currently logged in with te w and the who commands. If you would like to see a log about recent sessions (with login and logout time, etc) use the last command.