Dear- Suppose we want to turn on the PC in the early morning while we are sleeping. For example, we like to 1) turn on PC 8:00 AM M-F and 2) alarm "Wake up" (sound file) and 3) execute some DOS command (shell or script ???) at 8:01AM, since usually one sleep more. *********************** In Windows 7, there is "scheduler" under system menu. Is there any other recommended easy software? How about in Linux? Any experiences are welcomed. -Jay
I haven't used scheduling in a windows enviroment however common sense implies that the machine must be at least partly powered up ('sleep mode'?) 24/7 for a scheduler to work unless you hard wire your 'on switch' and use something like http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronic-...ef=sr_1_1?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1423576435&sr=1-1. I have a 'headless' machine (no monitor): fanless, quiet, small, low power and discreet which is on all the time. In linux scheduling is much easier using 'crontab' and this is one of the many reasons why I think it's better for any kind of automated process, trading or otherwise. It's as simple as writing text file with lines like this: Code: # Daily price stuff # 00 20 * * 1-5 $HOME/workspace/systematic_engine/syscontrol/scripts/dailypricestuff LIVE LIVE >> $HOME/echos/dailypricestuffLIVE 2>&1 This will run the command beginning with $ on weekdays ('1-5') at 8pm (00 20). If you want to do something more sophisticated then a scheduler like the last poster linked in is probably good, but I do most of my granular scheduling (eg which market to sample next) from software.