Many times, the items we need to schedule to run automatically, such as virus and malware scans, have a built in scheduler which allow you to create an event without having to use the task scheduler in your OS. This tip serves as just a simple reference to some resources which show you how to create a scheduled task in all the major OS’s for when you actually need to schedule a task yourself.
How to create a scheduled task in:
- Windows XP (this information is virtually the same in Windows 2000)
- Windows Vista
- Mac OS X Panther
- Linux (using crontab)
In addition, I found this comparison of scheduled task between Windows XP and OS X to be interesting.
Happy automating.
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