Re: How do I run a batch file when a server reboots?

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"Marten" <absolute88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:46:06 +0200, "Pegasus \(MVP\)"
<I.can@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


for the record, the Shutdown command used is:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe /r /d p:4:1

Marten

I'm quite aware of the syntax for the shutdown command . . .

Running a command at boot time (the equivalent of Autoexec.bat)
is dead easy: Use the Task Scheduler to run it at boot time.
However - how will you distinguish between a boot after a
scheduled shutdown and a boot caused by a crash?

About trimming the log file: If you schedule a reboot once every
week then you accumulate some 2 kBytes per annum. I would
not call this a huge amount of disk space - it's puny, so why worry?


My apologies for a grammatical error. I should have written "the
Shutdown command as I am using it is:" I added it in case you saw
something that was incorrect or if someone else reading this thread
wanted to know what I had done.

I haven't worked much with the scheduler. I wasn't aware there was an
at boot option. Thank you for pointing it out to me. As for
distinguishing, since I know the time of the scheduled reboot, I'd
expect anything outside that time frame would be questionable.

The >> redirect is a consideration. I was originally only concerned
with the last reboot.

Thank you for the information. It helps me out.

Marten

Thanks for the feedack.


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