Weekly schedule
This is the format the product uses to display weekly schedule information. You can also use this format to programmatically schedule actions continuously.
on day1[day2][day3-day4] @start-time[[/interval]-stop-time][,start-time[[/interval]-stop-time]] [+on day5[day6-day7] @start-time[[/interval]-stop-time]][,start-time[[/interval]-stop-time]]
Alternatively, you can use the following syntax to schedule actions to run continuously:
continuously
Parameters
day
- Specifies a day or days of the week on which you want the action to be executed.
start-time
interval
stop-time
- Indicates the time (or time range) of day an action should be executed.
continuously
- Runs the action continuously. This is a shortcut for and equivalent to specifying
Su-Sa @00:00-24:00
.Note: Continuous scheduling is actually semi-continuous. The minimum period of processing continuous operations is governed by the setting. The default value is 5 seconds. See Other system options.Note: Scheduling an action to run continuously could impact your system performance. It is recommended that you schedule actions to run at a longer frequency than the default, for example, 30 seconds. on file polling continuously
- Run the action only when there are files available to send or check. This is a
shortcut for and equivalent to specifying
on file polling Su-Sa @00:00-24:00
.
Examples of weekly schedules
on file polling for Asia/Tokyo Mo @17:00
- Sets the schedule to run on Mondays at 1700 hrs in the timezone for Tokyo, only when files are available to send/check.
on file polling Mo-Fr @17:00
- Sets the schedule to run on Monday through Friday at 1700 hrs in the timezone in which the server resides, only when files are available to send/check.
on MoWe-Fr @17:00
- Sets the schedule to run on Monday and Wednesday through Friday at 1700 hrs.
on Mo-Fr @00:00-24:00
- Sets the schedule to run on Monday through Friday, running continuously.
on Su-Sa @09:00/00:02:30-17:00
- Sets the schedule to run on Sunday through Saturday from 0900 to 1700 hrs, running every 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
on Su-Sa @09:00/00:02:30-17:00,18:00/00:00:30-22:00
- Sets the schedule to run on Sunday through Saturday from 0900 to 1700 hrs, running every 2 minutes and 30 seconds, and from 1800 to 2200, running every 30 seconds.
on Mo-We @09:00/01:00-12:00+on Th-Sa @13:00/01:00-17:00
- Sets the schedule to run on Monday through Wednesday between 0900 hrs and 1200 hrs with a recurrence interval of 1 hr and Thursday through Saturday between 1300 hrs and 1700 hrs with a recurrence interval of 1 hr.
continuously
- Sets the schedule to run on Sunday through Saturday, running continuously.
on file polling continuously
- Sets the schedule to run on Sunday through Saturday, running continuously, only when files are available to send/check.