Re: Cant Schedule a dbexport on NT

On 10 Dec 1997 19:55:54 GMT, ttgchicago@aol.com (Ttgchicago) wrote: >Hey all - > >I want to do a dbexport every night on my NT server. Ive written a program >(dumpit.exe) which does this just fine when I run it manually from the Command >Line Utilities. However, when I attemt to put it in my scheduler, nothing >happens. > >Ive started my scheduler (Control Panel/Services) and have used the 'at' >command to schedule dumpit.exe to occur. Ive written a 2 line .bat file: > >c:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe /k c:\\informix\\bin\\setenv.cmd >c:\\unload\\dumpit.exe <dbname1 dbname2 etc> > >I then run the following: > >at 00:00 "cmd /c dumpit.bat". > >Unfortunately, it doesnt seem to work. > >Any suggestions? > The `at` command syntax can be a little arcane. The NT Resource Kit has a nifty little utility that pops up a dialog box with all of the options to be filled out. Jeff Kalchik ---------------------------------------- Views expressed are my own, not necessarily 3COM's.