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Chapter4-UsingtheJobScheduler
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IfyouhavechosenAtEvery,entertheHourandMinutevaluestospecifythe
timeintervalthatyouwantthejobtorun.
6.
ClickOKtoacceptthechanges,orclickDisabletoaborttheoperationwithoutmaking
anychanges.
7.
SelecttheoptionsthatyouwouldlikeintheOutputSettingssectionoftheSnowBatch
maindialogbox.SelecttheSourceandDestinationdirectoriesandselecttheRun
button.
Notes:
Afterselectingyoursettings,youmustclicktheADDbuttonforyourjobtobestored.
TheOnlyConvertNewFilescheckboxappliestonewfilesthatappearinthedirectory
afterthejobhasstarted.Ifajobisstopped,thenallfilesinthedirectoryareconsidered
new.
IfyoumakeanychangesintheJobScheduledialogwhileajobisrunning,youmust
stopthecurrentjobcompletelyandre-runitbeforethechangestakeeffect.
HerearesomeexamplesforusingtheJobScheduler:
Torunajobonceadayat4:30PM,youwouldselectDaily,<blank>,OnceAt,16,30.
Torunajobonthefifteenthofeverymonthat8:15AM,youwouldselectMonthly,15,OnceAt,
08,15.
Torunajobevery5minutes,youwouldselectDaily,<blank>,AtEvery,00,5.
Notes:
Newfilesaredetectedbasedonthecreationdateofthefile.Ifyoudrag/dropafile,the
creationdatewillnotchange,butifyoucreateacopyitwill.
TosettheDeleteSourceFileoption,selectOptions > DeleteSourceFilesorcheck
theDeleteSourceFilescheckboxintheSourceFileOptionssectionofthemain
dialogbox.Thiswilldeletethesourcefileonlyifitisconvertedcorrectly.Ifafileisnot
converted,itwillnotbedeletedfromthesourcedirectory.Youwillseeacheckboxnext
totheDeleteSourceFilesmenuitemtodenotewhetherornotthisfeatureisactive.
Specialsearchcharacters(*and?)cannowbeusedasasourceoption.(Forexample:
setsourcedirectorytoc:\tmp\*.pdforc:\tmp\??1.pdf)
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