Re: st: Auto-run program on the hour, every hour

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

The .bat file should work, but I think you can skip that
step as long as your command is of the form:

  C:\Stata10\wstata.exe do mydofile.do

Note the "do". It's also easier to tinker with the scheduled tasks
if you go to File->New to create the task rather than use the
wizard.

hth,
Jeph


Dan Weitzenfeld wrote:
> This is helpful.  My OS is Windows XP.  I'm trying to tinker with the
> properties of the scheduled task  to get it to work... right now all
> it does is pass the name of the do-file to stata in quotes, and Stata
> responds by saying that it's not a valid command.  Does anyone know of
> a way around this?
>
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net> wrote:
> > I think you want the OS to do this, not Stata. You
> > don't say what your OS is, in Linux see -at-, in
> > XP use the scheduler (Start->Accessories->System Tools
> > -> Scheduled Tasks on my setup, but yours may vary).
> >
> > I don't know about a Mac, though I assume OS X has a
> > command line version of -at-.
> >
> > hope this helps,
> > Jeph
> >
> >
> > Dan Weitzenfeld wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > Is there a way to have a do-file or program run at a given clock-time
> > > every day, automatically?
> > > I can think of a kluge, whereby the program is infinitely looping, and
> > > if c(current_time) fits the desired criteria, the process runs.
> > > I'm wondering if there is a more sane way to achieve this result?
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Dan
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