wahoowa
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Hey set up a backup service (rsync) to run M-F and the DOS box that pops up while the script is running is starting to get annoying. Is there a command I can put in the batch file to prevent the DOS box or a setting in Scheduled Tasks (Windows XP) to prevent it?
Thanks for the help.  1/26/2009 1:40:04 PM
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qntmfred
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set up the task to run as a different user 1/26/2009 1:45:49 PM |
wahoowa
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i tried that but rsync will not work if it is run under a different user. 1/26/2009 2:04:19 PM |
philihp
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Are you on a DOS box, or are you on an XP box?
If you're on an XP box, try this:
runner.vbs
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "pinger.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WshShell = Nothing
pinger.bat
ping thewolfweb.com > c:\tempfile.txt
Run runner.vbs, then check for c:\tempfile.txt to be created in a few seconds. There's no sleep command in XP (that I know of), so I used "ping" to simulate a program taking a few seconds to complete.1/26/2009 3:58:08 PM |
wahoowa
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^ that .vbs script works perfectly! Thank you so much!
On a side note....do you know why .vbs does not open a DOS box but .bat does?
[Edited on January 26, 2009 at 4:47 PM. Reason : ?] 1/26/2009 4:46:09 PM |
