Schedule an Operating System Script dialog box

Execute Script at: group box

fill in the following fields to schedule the task for its first execution

• Month—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type a two-digit integer to indicate the month in which the task should execute
• Day—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type a two-digit integer to indicate which day of the month the task should execute
• Year—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type a four-digit integer to indicate in which year the task should execute
• hh—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate at which hour of the day the task should execute. Enter hours in military time. For example, if you want to schedule a script to execute at 4 P.M., enter 16 in this field.
• mm—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate at which minute the task should execute
• ss—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate at which second the task should execute

Repeat Execution: group box

fill in the following fields to indicate how much time should pass between task executions:

• Days—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate the number of days that should pass between executions
• hh—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate the number of hours that should pass between executions
• mm—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate at which minute the task should execute
• ss—use the spinner buttons next to the field or type an integer to indicate at which second the task should execute

Execute Once Immediately option button

Select this option button if you want the script to execute once right after you finish configuring it.
If you leave this option button unselected and the task is scheduled to execute in the past, PATROL will not run the script until the next repeat execution is scheduled.

Script File Name

type the full name and path for the script

Execution Instance

type the name of the PATROL instance against which the command should be executed
This field is optional.

Write Output to

type the full path name and file name for the output file, if the script writes an output file
This field is optional. If you write a script that creates an output file, the PATROL Agent must have write permissions for the output file.

Accept

closes the dialog box, checks the required arguments, and schedules the action for execution

Cancel

closes the dialog box without saving any changes on the dialog box
If you click Close, the action will not be scheduled for execution.