Run a script ever x number of hours

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Yombo
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Run a script ever x number of hours

Post by Yombo » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:25 am

What I'd liked to do is go to a page, every say 2 hours, and do some things on the web page. But I need it to do this continuously for as long as the computer is on.

I've also noticed, that if I'm running a script, if I mess around in another browser window, it tends to time out and stop in the middle of the script. Is there a way to start the script from where it left off? Really what I'd like is the script that runs every 2 hours or whatever.
Yombo
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Re: Run a script ever x number of hours

Post by Yombo » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:12 am

No one knows?
kooks
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Re: Run a script ever x number of hours

Post by kooks » Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:37 pm

http://wiki.imacros.net/WAIT

WAIT SECONDS=(7200)
kooks
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Re: Run a script ever x number of hours

Post by kooks » Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:39 pm

Ehh, opps.
Yombo
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Re: Run a script ever x number of hours

Post by Yombo » Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:47 pm

Then I'd need to use some sort of loop right? I'm new at this and can't do anything more than have it clicking on links someplace. Because basically I want it to keep going to a web page and doing stuff every 2 hours for as long as my browser is open.
Yombo
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Re: Run a script ever x number of hours

Post by Yombo » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:42 pm

Is there a loop infinite ability or do i just put a really high number?
juzamjedi
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Re: Run a script ever x number of hours

Post by juzamjedi » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:29 am

Hello Yombo,

I just found iMacro today (literally) so others can pitch in here. But as a semi-skilled scripter it seems like an infinite loop would be extremely resource intensive and probably not the best way to accomplish your goal.

I think a better alternative for your goal is scheduled tasks with Firefox. You can leverage the scheduled task manager to open Firefox every X hours every day, etc. and then have it execute Firefox from the command line. If the URL for your iMacro is too long then you could create a tinyurl and reference this tinyurl in your scheduled task.
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