batch file with timer

[joost]

I must make a batchfile.
I must run a program every 5 minuts.
we can help me with a example.

[ShadowThief]

You'd be better off using the Windows Task Scheduler.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4249 ... -x-minutes

[Samir]

I use this piece of code to execute something daily:

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:START
PING -n 60 127.0.0.1 > NUL
SET CURTIME=%TIME:~0,-6%
IF NOT "%CURTIME%"=="10:00" GOTO START

[Squashman]

I use this piece of code to execute something daily:

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:START
PING -n 60 127.0.0.1 > NUL
SET CURTIME=%TIME:~0,-6%
IF NOT "%CURTIME%"=="10:00" GOTO START

How does this help run the batch file every 5 minutes?
Again Windows Task Scheduler has the option to repeat a task every X minutes.

[stobal]

Not quite tidy DOS, but I use the tiny program sleep.exe as loop timer:

:loop
myprogram.exe
sleep 800
goto loop

This starts the program "myprogram.exe" every 800 seconds. To be precise, ist starts the program again 800 second after the last execution ended. Of course, the sleep.exe and myptogram.exe must be within path or in the same directory with the batch file.
Sleep.exe can be downloaded from internet.

[Samir]

I use this piece of code to execute something daily:

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:START
PING -n 60 127.0.0.1 > NUL
SET CURTIME=%TIME:~0,-6%
IF NOT "%CURTIME%"=="10:00" GOTO START

How does this help run the batch file every 5 minutes?
Again Windows Task Scheduler has the option to repeat a task every X minutes.

I think I pasted the wrong code. I've got a piece that I use that will automatically execute the loop every 15m.

The benefit over task scheduler is that no admin rights are needed, and nothing can go wrong with it like a rogue application taking down windows crap.