# Want to set cron job for local machine

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-set-cron-job-for-local-machine/187051>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 16, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-set-cron-job-for-local-machine/187051 "2010-04-16T07:40:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahul_m)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-set-cron-job-for-local-machine/187051/1 "2010-04-16T07:40:10Z")

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hiii alll,

want to set the cron job on my local window installation is it  
possible and how , please help.

thanks

rahul …

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**Author:** ![rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahul_m)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-set-cron-job-for-local-machine/187051/2 "2010-04-16T07:47:47Z")

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are you on windows or linux?

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**Author:** ![rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahul_m)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-set-cron-job-for-local-machine/187051/3 "2010-04-16T08:00:06Z")

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hii  
m on windows and installed the wget exe , do you know how to run command  
in  
this.

thanks …

rahul

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**Author:** ![rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahul_m)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-set-cron-job-for-local-machine/187051/4 "2010-04-16T08:18:50Z")

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Rahul,

try this

1. [How to download, install and use WGET in Windows 10](http://seogadget.co.uk/download-your-website-with-wget/)
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> **[Install wget on windows and setup scheduled tasks using wget](https://mohammednv.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/install-wget-on-windows-and-setup-scheduled-tasks-using-wget/)**
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> WGET is a non-interactive network downloader which supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies. In order to setup wget on windows machines, download wget.exe:…

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**Author:** ![rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahul_m)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-set-cron-job-for-local-machine/187051/5 "2010-04-16T09:08:35Z")

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try this rahul

[http://www.thesitewizard.com/general/set-cron-job.shtml](http://www.thesitewizard.com/general/set-cron-job.shtml)

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**Author:** ![rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahul_m)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-set-cron-job-for-local-machine/187051/6 "2010-04-16T09:13:16Z")

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try this as well.

[http://drupal.org/node/31506](http://drupal.org/node/31506)

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**Author:** ![rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahul_m)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-set-cron-job-for-local-machine/187051/7 "2010-04-16T09:19:08Z")

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hiiiiii

already tried these but can’t find anything useful…

thanks

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**Author:** ![rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@rahul\_m](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahul_m)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-set-cron-job-for-local-machine/187051/8 "2010-04-16T09:05:04Z")

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hiii  
i have installed wget running it but how to run the particular url at  
1:00  
am every day.

thanks  
rahul