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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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