scheduling a batch job

[dkaminsky]

Here is a sample crontab entry (assuming classpath and beanRefContext are set up properly):

0 6 * * 1-5 java org.springframework.batch.execution.bootstrap.support.BatchCommandLineLauncher -Djob.configuration.path=jobs/myJob.xml -Djob.name=myJob

At 6AM every weekday morning, launch "myJob" from file "myJob.xml"

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If you don't know what this is, don't worry.

It is a sample entry ("crontab" entry) to configure the built-in *NIX scheduling utility known as "cron" -- this is perhaps the simplest scheduler available to non-Microsoft users so I felt it would be a good example. Again, don't worry if it doesn't apply to you.