Posted September 12, 2013 Hi guys, To cut to the chase, here is my batch file, real simple: @[member='Echo'] offSchTasks /Create /SC DAILY /TN “Thunderbird Email backup” /TR “U:\Thunderbird Email Backup.bat” /ST 21:00 /Fpause What it is supposed to do is to create a Scheduled Task named "Thunderbird Email Backup" to run the Batch File "Thunderbird Email Backup.bat" at 9:00PM every day. The pause is to see that. Now, here is the error I get in the command prompt: ERROR:Invalid argument/option -- 'Email'.Type "SCHTASKS /CREATE /?" for usage.Press any key to continue... Now, here is another batch file that I run that works perfectly fine: @[member='Echo'] offSchTasks /Create /SC DAILY /TN “Shutdown” /TR “C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe” /ST 21:00 /F No pause as it works fine.So... Why is it cutting it off at Email? Because of the space in the directory? I have "s, so that makes no sense. I even tried 's within the "s as that was on a page I found. *confused*Thanks,Vitalius.P.S.I currently have this bypassed by way of this command: xcopy U:\*.bat C:\ Then change the U to a C in the original, non-working, Batch file. However, I would prefer to not have to do this. † Christian Member † For my pertinent links to guides, reviews, and anything similar, go here, and look under the spoiler labeled such. A brief history of Unix and it's relation to OS X by Builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 12, 2013 Hi guys, To cut to the chase, here is my batch file, real simple: @[member='Echo'] offSchTasks /Create /SC DAILY /TN “Thunderbird Email backup” /TR “U:\Thunderbird Email Backup.bat” /ST 21:00 /Fpause What it is supposed to do is to create a Scheduled Task named "Thunderbird Email Backup" to run the Batch File "Thunderbird Email Backup.bat" at 9:00PM every day. The pause is to see that. Now, here is the error I get in the command prompt: ERROR:Invalid argument/option -- 'Email'.Type "SCHTASKS /CREATE /?" for usage.Press any key to continue... Now, here is another batch file that I run that works perfectly fine: @[member='Echo'] offSchTasks /Create /SC DAILY /TN “Shutdown” /TR “C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe” /ST 21:00 /F No pause as it works fine. So... Why is it cutting it off at Email? Because of the space in the directory? I have "s, so that makes no sense. I even tried 's within the "s as that was on a page I found. *confused* Thanks, Vitalius. P.S. I currently have this bypassed by way of this command: xcopy U:\*.bat C:\ Then change the U to a C in the original, non-working, Batch file. However, I would prefer to not have to do this. @[member='Echo'] off SchTasks /Create /SC DAILY /TN “Thunderbird Email backup” /TR “U:\Thunderbird Email Backup.bat” /ST 21:00 /F pause There's your problem, the space in the name "Thunderbird Email Back.bat" you should rename it to Thunderbird_Email_Backup.bat and change the code to respect this change it seems that the program is detecting the Email as an argument Console optimisations and how they will effect you | The difference between AMD cores and Intel cores | Memory Bus size and how it effects your VRAM usage | How much vram do you actually need? | APUs and the future of processing | Projects: SO - here Intel i7 5820l @ with Corsair H110 | 32GB DDR4 RAM @ 1600Mhz | XFX Radeon R9 290 @ 1.2Ghz | Corsair 600Q | Corsair TX650 | Probably too much corsair but meh should have had a Corsair SSD and RAM | 1.3TB HDD Space | Sennheiser HD598 | Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro | Blue Snowball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 12, 2013 Author @Echo off SchTasks /Create /SC DAILY /TN “Thunderbird Email backup” /TR “U:\Thunderbird Email Backup.bat” /ST 21:00 /F pause There's your problem, the space in the name "Thunderbird Email Back.bat" you should rename it to Thunderbird_Email_Backup.bat and change the code to respect this change it seems that the program is detecting the Email as an argument That is what I figured. I am trying that now (read: tomorrow lol). Thanks. I have like 40+ user computers I have to make universal changes on and every single one of them has a scheduled task to run Thunderbird Email Backup.bat at a certain time each day. I am using that to propagate the changes throughout everyone's system, but I want to make some "quality of life" changes for new people coming in and going "why is this here? What does it do?" among other things. † Christian Member † For my pertinent links to guides, reviews, and anything similar, go here, and look under the spoiler labeled such. A brief history of Unix and it's relation to OS X by Builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 13, 2013 That is what I figured. I am trying that now (read: tomorrow lol). Thanks. I have like 40+ user computers I have to make universal changes on and every single one of them has a scheduled task to run Thunderbird Email Backup.bat at a certain time each day. I am using that to propagate the changes throughout everyone's system, but I want to make some "quality of life" changes for new people coming in and going "why is this here? What does it do?" among other things. You should try out using some kind of cloud storage to allow you to update all 40+ BAT files in 1 smooth motion it'd save you a lot of time Console optimisations and how they will effect you | The difference between AMD cores and Intel cores | Memory Bus size and how it effects your VRAM usage | How much vram do you actually need? | APUs and the future of processing | Projects: SO - here Intel i7 5820l @ with Corsair H110 | 32GB DDR4 RAM @ 1600Mhz | XFX Radeon R9 290 @ 1.2Ghz | Corsair 600Q | Corsair TX650 | Probably too much corsair but meh should have had a Corsair SSD and RAM | 1.3TB HDD Space | Sennheiser HD598 | Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro | Blue Snowball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 13, 2013 Author You should try out using some kind of cloud storage to allow you to update all 40+ BAT files in 1 smooth motion it'd save you a lot of time I have a batch file that overwrites all of them. The structure is simple. U:\ is the Users drive (to store work related documents). Every employee has a folder in that drive with their name on it. Using the * character, I just have it put 1 of the batch file in every folder and force overwrite. Deleting it completely though, that I have to do manually (looking into a simple way to do that). Installing stuff is something I prefer not to do. Yeah, I could install Google Drive or Skydrive on it, but then I have to make an account. And ... just no. † Christian Member † For my pertinent links to guides, reviews, and anything similar, go here, and look under the spoiler labeled such. A brief history of Unix and it's relation to OS X by Builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 13, 2013 I am not very proficient with Windows batch but have you tried escaping the spaces with ^ like described here? It would be easier than renaming all the files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 13, 2013 I have a batch file that overwrites all of them. The structure is simple. U:\ is the Users drive (to store work related documents). Every employee has a folder in that drive with their name on it. Using the * character, I just have it put 1 of the batch file in every folder and force overwrite. Deleting it completely though, that I have to do manually (looking into a simple way to do that). Installing stuff is something I prefer not to do. Yeah, I could install Google Drive or Skydrive on it, but then I have to make an account. And ... just no. I was talking more along the lines of a dropbox-type system Console optimisations and how they will effect you | The difference between AMD cores and Intel cores | Memory Bus size and how it effects your VRAM usage | How much vram do you actually need? | APUs and the future of processing | Projects: SO - here Intel i7 5820l @ with Corsair H110 | 32GB DDR4 RAM @ 1600Mhz | XFX Radeon R9 290 @ 1.2Ghz | Corsair 600Q | Corsair TX650 | Probably too much corsair but meh should have had a Corsair SSD and RAM | 1.3TB HDD Space | Sennheiser HD598 | Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro | Blue Snowball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 13, 2013 Author I was talking more along the lines of a dropbox-type system If the internet goes down, that will not work. The internet can be down, but our internal network would still work. Thought that rarely, if ever, happens. lol I will look into it. † Christian Member † For my pertinent links to guides, reviews, and anything similar, go here, and look under the spoiler labeled such. A brief history of Unix and it's relation to OS X by Builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 13, 2013 If the internet goes down, that will not work. The internet can be down, but our internal network would still work. Thought that rarely, if ever, happens. lol I will look into it. that's true >_< there should really be some solution to cloud storage but locally so the dynamically updating files feature mostly Console optimisations and how they will effect you | The difference between AMD cores and Intel cores | Memory Bus size and how it effects your VRAM usage | How much vram do you actually need? | APUs and the future of processing | Projects: SO - here Intel i7 5820l @ with Corsair H110 | 32GB DDR4 RAM @ 1600Mhz | XFX Radeon R9 290 @ 1.2Ghz | Corsair 600Q | Corsair TX650 | Probably too much corsair but meh should have had a Corsair SSD and RAM | 1.3TB HDD Space | Sennheiser HD598 | Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro | Blue Snowball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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