Creating a task to run every Tuesday (etc)

[rgf100]

I can create tasks as part of an application under the tasks tab. I've got it set up to run weekly and it works fine on that basis. However I want to specify when in the week it runs - say Tuesday. This should be possible as a normal cron job (thanks, Wiki!):

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This example runs a shell program called export_dump.sh at 23:45 (11:45 PM) every Saturday.

45 23 * * 6 /home/oracle/scripts/export_dump.sh

How can I (can I?) set up a weekly task in an IPB app that will always run on Tuesday morning, for example.

[bfarber]

Unfortunately that's not possible right now with the built in task system. You would need to build a script to do this external from the software (although you can include init.php to load the framework), and then set up a cron to call your script.

[DSystem]

An upgrade to the built-in task system would be welcome!

- Add tasks

- Option to update time and frequency that some task is executed.

- I currently have to make these changes directly in the database.