Setting up a cron job in Windows

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I have to download a file from an SFTP server everyday  I have the program which retrieves the file from the server but I was thinking of setting up a cron job  or anything similar  to automate that  We are a Windows shop and need to set up the cron job in Windows

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Make sure you logged on as an administrator or you have the same access as an administrator  Start- Control Panel- System and Security- Administrative Tools- Task Scheduler Action- Create Basic Task- Type a name and Click Next Follow through the wizard

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http   windows microsoft com en-US windows7 schedule-a-task  maybe that will help with windows scheduled tasks

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If you don t want to use Scheduled Tasks you can use the Windows Subsystem for Linux which will allow you to use cron jobs like on Linux   To make sure cron is actually running you can type service cron status from within the Linux terminal  If it isn t currently running then type service cron start and you should be good to go

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The windows equivalent to a cron job is a scheduled task    A scheduled task can be created as described by Alex and Rudu  but it can also be done command line with schtasks  if you for instance need to script it or add it to version control     An example   schtasks  create  tn calculate  tr calc  sc weekly  d MON  st 06 05  ru  System    Creates the task calculate  which starts the calculator calc  every monday at 6 05  should you ever need that    All available commands can be found here  http   technet microsoft com en-us library cc772785 28WS 10 29 aspx   It works on windows server 2008 as well as windows server 2003

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There s pycron which I really as a Cron implementation for windows  but there s also the built in scheduler which should work just fine for what you need  Control Panel -  Scheduled Tasks -  Add Scheduled Task

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