Schedule CF Template - Use Batch File?

[KCPLCF]

Is there a way to execute a CF template through a batch file? I have a small cf template that Im going to schedule to run about every 5 minutes, but I was hoping there was away around using the CF Scheduler. Anyone have any ideas?

[Guest]

In a HTML page, place the following META tag in your HEAD block:
<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="300;url=myPage.cfm">
At the end of myPage.cfm, do a CFLOCATION back to this HTML page.

[KCPLCF]

Thanks jdeline. I want to execute the CF template without opening the web browser though.

[dlasley]

What OS are you using? You can get wget and curl for Solaris, Linux, OSX, Windows, and others:

wget website
wget http://localhost/mytemplate.cfm -o outputfile.txt

curl website
curl http://localhost/mytemplate.cfm -o outputfile.txt

There are tons of options for each utility. I've found curl to be more flexible, but wget is more reliable.

On any POSIX system, you can use cron and a shell script. On Windows, you'll have to go with AT jobs and a .bat file.

HTH;
&laz;