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Starting and stopping a task

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:05 pm
by Aurora
Hi,I am trying to schedule my ftp server to run from 8:00 - 5:00pm. I can see that I can schedule the server to run at 8am but there is no option to choose until when. Am I missing something here?Thanks in advance!!

Starting and stopping a task

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:41 am
by lonnie16
Just a thought.  If you do not want to use the "new" RoboTask function of "terminate process", then re-boot the box at 5pm.
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I guess you may then have to have a conditional on the start of the ftp application/service that would test and "only" start at 8am.

Starting and stopping a task

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:55 am
by Oleg
What FTP server do you use? If IIS the you may start and stop MSFtpsvc service only.
Also the most another servers can work in service mode. Thus, you can start and stop the corresponding NT service.

Starting and stopping a task

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:16 am
by Aurora
Can't we start and stop a task just like a service?

Starting and stopping a task

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:39 am
by Oleg
The task is not similar to some application (or service) that stays in memory and executes some actions. This is only the script which contains some steps. Each task stops automatically when all steps are done. Therefore you must only start the task and do not need to stop one.
Each task may be launched automatically by some triggering event. If you configure your tasks correctly, you do not need to control RoboTask. All work will be done automatically.