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And cron. Damn that Windows scheduler mess.

• Someone1234 12y ago
  The UI is a mess, the actual task scheduler is pretty darn powerful. cron is missing a bunch of Task Scheduler's toys e.g. - Start task on computer idle (and no, "nice"/low priority is not what this does) - Stop task if the computer ceases to be idle, restart task if idle state resumes - Start only on AC, stop if computer moves to battery - Wake computer to run this task (unreliable, but useful when it works) - Start task only if network connection is available (<pick network connection>) The following has to be hacked with a bash script: - Random delayed start - Stop tasks if they run too long - Begin on event (list of 300+ events, +custom event filters) Honestly your criticism is pretty silly. cron is very very basic, and has to be hacked to do most things. Task Scheduler is incredibly powerful and doesn't require giant ugly hacks or custom scripts to accomplish things. I really think your reply is born out of ignorance (of both cron AND task scheduler) or just a raw unwillingness to learn something different. Microsoft COULD put cron into Windows, just remove 70%+ of task scheduler's functionality, and all knowledge of how the underlying system works. But at least it would be cross platform...