[wpkg-users] running wpkgclient on schedule?

[Kai Pastor]

Grzegorz Marszałek schrieb:
> Hello!
> 
> I have configured wpkgclient to launch at shutdown - and it's working 
> nice. Now I need a way to run wpkg on schedule, ie.: each day at 6 am. 
> Could it be done with wpkgclient or should I write my own script to do 
> that? First option seems nicer because I have proper share with proper 
> credentials mapped.

I use a scheduled task which starts WpkgService:

schtasks /create /tn "Software-Updates" /tr "net start WpkgService" /sc
täglich /st 05:%TIME:~3,2%:00 /ru System /f

It includes some magic to avoid having all machines starting the task at
the same time. Note that schtasks depends on the language (täglich = daily).

As a package:

   <package
    id="WPKG Client Scheduled Task CONFIG"
    name="WPKG Client Scheduled Task at 5.00 am + x"
    revision="0"
    reboot="false"
    priority="10">
     <check type="logical" condition="or">
       <!-- Windows XP -->
       <check type="file" condition="exists"
path="%SystemRoot%\Tasks\Software-Updates.job" />
       <!-- Windows Vista -->
       <check type="file" condition="exists"
path="%SystemRoot%\System32\Tasks\Software-Updates" />
     </check>
     <install timeout="30" cmd='cmd /c schtasks /create /tn
"Software-Updates" /tr "net start WpkgService" /sc täglich /st
05:%TIME:~3,2%:00 /ru System /f' />
     <remove timeout="30" cmd='schtasks /delete /f /tn "Software-Updates"' >
         <exit code="any" />
     </remove>
   </package>


Bye, Kai.