Re: OT: schedule a task to run update

see schtasks.exe (XP and newer) and/or taskschd (Task Scheduler) (Vista and newer). The latter allows for parameters.

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Re^2: OT: schedule a task to run update_blastdb.pl script by Anonymous Monk on Mar 29, 2016 at 07:42 UTC
:p at.exe	[reply]
Re^3: OT: schedule a task to run update_blastdb.pl script by soonix (Canon) on Mar 29, 2016 at 08:58 UTC
yes, but newer MS doc says Schtasks replaces At.exe, a tool included in previous versions of Windows. Although At.exe is still included in the Windows Server 2003 family, schtasks is the recommended command-line task scheduling tool.	[reply]