wget Dos Window Popup Problem

[blaforce]

See last post for how I setup the Task Scheduler to work with php-win.exe instead of wget.
Has anyone been able to stop the dos window from flashing up in Windows? It's very tacky to have a dos window pop up every 5 minutes on a server when running the cron tasks under windows. I'm using the -q option in the wget command line put the dos window still opens and closes on the console.
Thanks, Brian

[richm]

Hi Brian,

I don't get any popup running wget as a scheduled jon on winserver2003

Here's what I'm using to run it:

C:\wget\wget.exe -O nul -a wgetLog "http://yoursite.com/support/cron/index.php?_t=parser"

Maybe sending the output to nul ( "-O nul" option) will stop it?

HTH,

Rich

[blaforce]

Then it must be because I'm getting an error: Unsupported Scheme. "D:\Programs Files\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" -O nul -a wgetLog.txt https://localhost/esupport/cron/index.php?_t=parser
Thanks for posting your command line. The log shows me the problem. I thought it was working.
Update: looks like some versions of wget do not work with https urls.

[richm]

Looks like you could also try to add:

C:\wget\wget.exe -O nul -a wgetLog --no-check-certificate "https://s

[blaforce]

No errors written to the error log but it still flashes a dos window on the server. I will need to run some tests to see if it runs a task. I had to install wget 1.10.2. I think I use localhost with the --no-check-certificate option. Thanks again!

[richm]

Can't seem to pull a version out the wget copy i have but it's 325k (332,800 bytes)

Running with SSL here also.

Rich

[blaforce]

Looks like it's working now. I had to setup a www DNS entry and add the site to local internet sites in IE (for testing). Log says it ran ok but has a warning "unable to get issuer certificate." This may be causing the quick dos pop window. Don't know why I get the warning because I now use the proper website url in the command line.

[blaforce]

No errors in the wget log but the dos window still pops up and closes.
One other thing. One task shows in the eSupport log without a title??

[blaforce]

Well, going on vacation so I will try php-win.exe when I get back. It doesn't use a dos window.

[blaforce]

Ok, I finally got it. Scheduled Tasks:
Run: D:\php\php-win.exe -c C:\windows\php.ini -f D:\Inetpub\kayako\cron\index.php
Start in: D:\Inetpub\kayako\cron
Hope this helps someone else.
Brian

[craigbrass]

Thanks for sharing Brian!

[paisano2k]

I got it to work by downloading wget-1.10.1 and installing it using the windows installation executable
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after installing wget-1.10.1.exe and setting the following in a scheduled task:

Start in: “C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin”

Run: “C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe” –q –O nul http://www.yourdomain.com/support/cr....php?_t=parser

Please note where the quotation marks are! If you have them anywhere else, it won't work. There is a space after the last quotation mark in the RUN command line before the -q and also after the word nul, other than that, you should be good to go!



Make sure you have the quotes ("") where they are, or it won't work.




M.

[jeffshead]

Originally Posted by blaforce

Ok, I finally got it. Scheduled Tasks:
Run: D:\php\php-win.exe -c C:\windows\php.ini -f D:\Inetpub\kayako\cron\index.php
Start in: D:\Inetpub\kayako\cron
Hope this helps someone else.
Brian

I tried everything in this post. I could not get any of them to work. The list below includes most of the scenarios I have tried. The only one I can get to work is the first one, but that "pesky" DOS window flashes everytime the task runs:

 
Works:
Run: C:\wget\wget.exe -q -O nul -a wgetLog "http://www.mysite.com/support/cron/index.php?_t=parser"
Start in: C:\wget
===================
Test 1
C:\wget\wget.exe -O nul -a wgetLog "C:\www\vhosts\_static\mysite.com\support\cron\index.php?_t=parser"
C:\wget
===================
Test2
C:\www\php5\php-win.exe -c C:\php5\php.ini -f C:\www\vhosts\_static\mysite.com\support\cron\index.php
C:\www\vhosts\_static\mysite.com\support\cron
====================
Test3
C:\www\php5\php-win.exe -c C:\php5\php.ini -f "C:\www\vhosts\_static\mysite.com\support\cron\index.php"
C:\www\vhosts\_static\mysite.com\support\cron
====================
Test4
C:\www\php5\php-win.exe -c C:\php5\php.ini -f "C:\www\vhosts\_static\mysite.com\support\cron\index.php?_t=parser"
C:\www\vhosts\_static\mysite.com\support\cron
====================
Test5
C:\www\php5\php-win.exe -c C:\php5\php.ini -f "http://www.mysite.com/support/cron/index.php?_t=parser"
C:\www\vhosts\_static\mysite.com\support\cron
====================
Test6
C:\www\php5\php-win.exe -c C:\php5\php.ini -f "http://www.mysite.com/support/cron/index.php?_t=parser"
C:\www\php5
===================
Test7
C:\www\php5\php-win.exe -c C:\php5\php.ini -f C:\www\vhosts\_static\mysite.com\support\cron\index.php
C:\www\php5
===================
Test8
C:\www\php5\php-win.exe -c C:\php5\php.ini -f C:\www\vhosts\_static\mysite.com\support\cron\index.php?_t=parser
C:\www\php5
===================
Test9
C:\www\php5\php-win.exe -c C:\php5\php.ini -f "C:\www\vhosts\_static\mysite.com\support\cron\index.php?_t=parser"
C:\www\php5
===================
Test10
C:\wget\wget.exe -O nul -a wgetLog --no-check-certificate "https://www.mysite.com/support/cron/index.php?_t=parser"
C:\wget
===================
Test11
C:\wget\wget.exe -O nul -a wgetLog "https://www.mysite.com/support/cron/index.php?_t=parser"
C:\wget

I really wanted to use a local path instead of a URL since everything is on the same box. Or at least use SSL, but I cannot get it to work.

Is it possible to use a local path, SSL or at least get rid of the DOS window issue?


"https://www.mysite.com/support/cron/index.php?_t=parser" does work when accessing via a web browser. Wget does not like it even when using "--no-check-certificate".