The windows_task
resource allows you to create, delete, or execute a Windows scheduled task. These are tasks that execute at regular intervals and are useful for things such as running the Chef client regularly, checking for updates, cleaning up temporary files, downloading cache data, or anything else that needs to be scheduled.
The following table lists the available actions and parameters when creating scheduled tasks through the windows_task
resource:
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Action |
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Parameter |
Description |
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This is the resource name attribute specifying the name of the task (arbitrary name). |
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This is the command to execute on an interval. |
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This specifies the directory... |