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    From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to All on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 13:27:48
    Hi All,

    Is there any way to run a event in BT once a month?

    Kevin

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  • From Richard Webb@1:116/901 to Kevin Klement on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 22:38:35
    HI KEvin,

    On Wed 2039-Apr-06 13:27, Kevin Klement (1:342/77) wrote to All:

    Is there any way to run a event in BT once a month?

    YEp, check out events in scheduling in bt-ref.txt

    The example they use is for an event to run second Friday of every month. rIg events, the other 6 for that time period
    all with the same e1 exit, etc. Quite a bit of description, but it's there in the docs.
    CHeck page 74 of bt-ref.txt

    Regards,
    Richard
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  • From Richard Webb@1:116/901 to Kevin Klement on Thursday, April 07, 2011 01:24:09
    HI again KEvin,

    following up a message from Richard Webb to Kevin Klement:

    Is there any way to run a event in BT once a month?

    YEp, check out events in scheduling in bt-ref.txt

    The example they use is for an event to run second Friday of every
    month. rIg events, the other 6 for that time period
    all with the same e1 exit, etc. Quite a bit of description, but
    it's there in the docs.
    CHeck page 74 of bt-ref.txt

    I looked that possibility for first of month stuff years ago when doing the busy hub thing, and use a similar concept for a forced event on Sunday mornings, but thought it was too
    cumbersome in the event file. What I found instead was two
    little gems that could be invoked by batch files, dayoweek
    and getdate, so let it handle most of the once a week and
    once a month stuff during my morning maintenance event while I'm still in my bed.

    BUt, it can be done, bt-ref.txt gives a fairly good
    description of the process, better than I could do.

    Regards,
    Richard
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  • From Mike Tripp@1:382/61 to Kevin Klement on Wednesday, April 06, 2011 20:46:44
    Hello Kevin!

    06 Apr 11 13:27, Kevin Klement wrote to All:

    Is there any way to run a event in BT once a month?

    Event <day> <start> [<stop>] [<string>] <flags/options>

    <day> should be "All", unless you're trying to be tricky.

    <start> can be formatted hh:mm,month,day. "month" and "day" are numeric and using 0 for month will mean "every month".

    So pick a time, zero for the month, pick a day (1-28) and keep going... :)

    .\\ike

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  • From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Mike Tripp on Thursday, April 07, 2011 14:19:25
    Hi Mike,

    Wednesday April 06 2011 20:46, Mike Tripp wrote to Kevin Klement:

    So pick a time, zero for the month, pick a day (1-28) and
    keep going... :)

    Like so?

    ; For MDT
    ;-------------------------------
    Event All 00:00 00:00
    Event All 00:00 03:00 B
    Event All 03:00 04:00
    Event All 04:00 05:00 B
    Event ALL 05:00 0 28 06:00
    Event All 06:00 24:00 B


    Kevin
    klement@gypsy-designs.com

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  • From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Richard Webb on Thursday, April 07, 2011 15:23:49
    Hi Richard,

    YEp, check out events in scheduling in bt-ref.txt

    I think I got it, see my message to Mike.


    Kevin
    klement@gypsy-designs.com

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  • From Mike Tripp@1:382/61 to Kevin Klement on Friday, April 08, 2011 14:11:54
    Hello Kevin!

    07 Apr 11 14:19, Kevin Klement wrote to Mike Tripp:

    Like so?

    Close...except commas.

    Event ALL 05:00 0 28 06:00

    "Event ALL 05:00,0,28 06:00" for 5-6am on the 28th of every month.

    .\\ike

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  • From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Mike Tripp on Saturday, April 09, 2011 14:42:42
    Hi Mike,

    Close...except commas.

    I thought I'd miss something. :o

    Thanks bud.

    Kevin

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  • From Richard Webb@1:116/901 to Kevin Klement on Sunday, April 10, 2011 15:33:16
    HI KEvin,

    On Sat 2039-Apr-09 14:42, Kevin Klement (1:342/77) wrote to Mike Tripp:

    Close...except commas.

    I thought I'd miss something. :o

    I didn't have a chance to get back and look at it in
    something other than timed. I meant to reply having a look
    at the docs and your event statements in text editor, as
    when in text editor my screenreader speaks punctuation at
    me, glad Mike did that. INdeed thanks MIke!

    I'm considering breaking up my event sked even more in the
    near future for a variety of reasons, but did enough rat
    killing there and need to do some outdoor stuff next couple
    of weeks while weather permits before it gets too hot this
    summer.




    Regards,
    Richard
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  • From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Richard Webb on Sunday, April 10, 2011 16:36:59
    Hi Richard,


    I didn't have a chance to get back and look at it in
    something other than timed. I meant to reply having a look

    No prob, I have a event now that BU the dos-box to my server once a month.


    Kevin
    klement@gypsy-designs.com

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