I have a simple 1 line batch file to copy a directory from the PDC to a SDC. The statement is "XCOPY \\PDC-Name\directory d:\directory /s /e "
This runs fine if I launch the job from the command line, but if I submit it to AT, I always get "0 files copied".
Somthing is goofy with the way the scheduler is interpreting this line.
I'm logged on as administrator on the SDC.
I've tried everything I can think of.
Has anyone run across this problem?
Thanks
Dave

Hi Dave,

I'm not on a network, but had some AT confusion which I had to work through myself.

Like you, I had a very simple bat which worked at the prompt but not when scheduled by AT.
::testAT.bat
type nul > test

The "solution" was to use full path syntax:

::testAT2.bat
type nul > c:\temp\test2
::

and I scheduled it as:

c:\temp\testAT2.bat
::
I just tried it again and now it does NOT work.

Here's a screenshot:
::
c:\TEMP>at 17:09 c:\temp\testat2.bat
The system cannot find the drive specified.

c:\TEMP>at
Status ID Day Time Command Line
------------
1 Today 17:09 c:\temp\testat2.bat

c:\TEMP>at
Status ID Day Time Command Line
------------
Error 1 Tomorrow 17:09 c:\temp\testat2.bat

c:\TEMP>
::

I guess AT has two modes, goofy and goofier.

M2

This is a old problem. The scheduler runs under the system account. The system account doesn't have network rights and has limited local rights.

This is why the batch works if you manually run it but not if the scheduler runs it.

Solution is to make a admin scheduler account with logon as a service rights. Assign that account to the scheduler service.

Now your AT scheduler has the rights to execute your batch.

Hi wanderer,

That explains his prob. But I don't have a network.

TIA

M2

Thanks you guys. I'll have to wait til tommorow to try it at work. I hope it's intuitive how to create the new account and assign that account to the scheduler service.

Mechanix2Go
then you would be dealing with a local security issue. Still comes down to the same solution.

Dave its pretty easy. User manager to create the account. go to "services" and edit the "scheduler" or "task scheduler" service logon account.