Need batch run during business hours

[deh]

HI,
I am trying to figure the best way to do this:

I need to run a command every 30 minutes on an NT server from 8am - 7pm. And then every 2 hours on the weekend. I have a batch that when called will run the command and then run again every x minutes.
With scheduler I can run an AT command which I am sure will start off the whole process. So I am trying to decide if I should do an Every with the AT command (the problem with this would be I would have ALOT of commands which I don't) or use the AT command to run a batch containing the command which will run itself every 30 minutes. The problem with the latter is it would never stop though unless I can figure a way to cut it off with another AT command somehow or a command within the batch itself (maybe a For/If? I know there is an IF and string comparison I can run so then I could check value of X if X doesn't equal 24 it runs the exe but if it does then the batch must exit; I know the syntax in typical program language but not sure how to do it exactly in batch-do I need to declare vars or strings, anyone have syntax on that I can include in my batch? So in a nutshell I need to have the exact syntax on how to do this in a batch command.)

Any suggestions, examples or even a better way to accomplish this would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Dan

 

[MapMan]

I've always used the old AT command. Or, it's GUI companion, WinAT.

Type AT /? at a command prompt for help.

HTH, MapMan

Assume nothing, question everything, be explicit not implicit, and you'll always be covered.

 

[deh]

Thanks for the response. With this though it appears my AT command lines will be very long. I was thinking more the line to run a batch. This would result in 1 AT command per day rather than 24 AT commands per day X 5 days per week. I found something like this to run 30 times but I think the first if statement is wrong right from the beginning:

set count1=| set count2=
:loop
set count1=%count1%-
command.exe
if not "%count2%%count1%"=="+++----" %then% goto end
%else% if not "%count1%"=="----" %then% goto loop
%else% set count2=%count2%+| set count1=
goto loop


Unless I am mistaken (corrections gladly welcome) wouldn't the first pass through cause this to GOTO END. Count1 would = - so the first time it goes through "%count2%%count1" would = - so the statement would not be true causing an END, right?
So as I said unless I am looking at this wrong the concept is there but it needs some tweaking. Also end would indeed end the batch correct.

Thanks,
Dan

 

[deh]

Sorry for the add on but I may not be able to through a parameter in the exe and have the counter in place to be valid, so on top of this I will need a Wait command or yet another nested loop that would count out to 30 minutes.

Dan

 

[TKinton]

Have a look at

http://www.splinterware.com

They have a free scheduling package on there. I have just used it for scheduling backups overnight. It's a lot easier than playing with scheduler

TTFN

T

 

[deh]

Thanks but I really didn't want to use the scheduler in this way. I have no problems whatsoever in the syntax of using it (I use it for many things including backup, FTP, etc) I was just wondering how to do it with a Batch script as I stated.

Regards,
Dan