using local time to run script.

[13lack13lade]

Hi guys,

I want to have a script which simply creates a copy of the files and saves them to another location, ive got it all work however instead of running it and adding the sleeps in, im wanting to make it so if @HOUR = 9 or (if its 9am, save a copy)

Im wanting to know how autoit works in regards to @Hour it just returns >9 if its anyhere between 9am so my question is if i set the script to if @HOUR = 9 then save, will it ocntinue to save over and over until the time changes to 10? or will it one the script once as soon as it hits 9?
 

Edited October 15, 2013 by 13lack13lade

[BrewManNH]

@HOUR doesn't change until the next hour, so it will be 9 from 9:00:00 am to 9:59:59 am. If you only want it to run once sometime between 9 am and 10 am then you'll have to tell your script to run it once @HOUR = 9, then set a variable as a flag to tell your script you already ran it today. Then reset that variable once @HOUR reaches 10 to set it up for the next day.

[13lack13lade]

I see, do i need to set it up that way with a flag? or if i leave the code as below : will it mean that as soon as the time changes from 8:59 to 9 it should trigger the first if statement and then wait for @HOUR to  change to 10 before running the next?

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If @HOUR = 9 then
filecopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy1, 9)
filecopy($bristrack & $AUS,$copy1, 9)
filecopy($asiatrack & $ASIA,$copy1, 9)
filecopy($eurotrack & $EURO,$copy1, 9)
Elseif @HOUR = 10 then
filecopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy2, 9)
filecopy($bristrack & $AUS,$copy2, 9)
filecopy($asiatrack & $ASIA,$copy2, 9)
filecopy($eurotrack & $EURO,$copy2, 9)
Elseif @HOUR = 11 then
filecopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy3, 9)
filecopy($bristrack & $AUS,$copy3, 9)
filecopy($asiatrack & $ASIA,$copy3, 9)
filecopy($eurotrack & $EURO,$copy3, 9)
Elseif @HOUR = 12 then
filecopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy4, 9)
filecopy($bristrack & $AUS,$copy4, 9)
filecopy($asiatrack & $ASIA,$copy4, 9)
filecopy($eurotrack & $EURO,$copy4, 9)
Elseif @HOUR = 13 then
filecopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy5, 9)
filecopy($bristrack & $AUS,$copy5, 9)
filecopy($asiatrack & $ASIA,$copy5, 9)
filecopy($eurotrack & $EURO,$copy5, 9)
Elseif @HOUR = 14 then
filecopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy6, 9)
filecopy($bristrack & $AUS,$copy6, 9)
filecopy($asiatrack & $ASIA,$copy6, 9)
filecopy($eurotrack & $EURO,$copy6, 9)
Elseif @HOUR = 15 then
filecopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy7, 9)
filecopy($bristrack & $AUS,$copy7, 9)
filecopy($asiatrack & $ASIA,$copy7, 9)
filecopy($eurotrack & $EURO,$copy7, 9)
Elseif @HOUR = 16 then
filecopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy8, 9)
filecopy($bristrack & $AUS,$copy8, 9)
filecopy($asiatrack & $ASIA,$copy8, 9)
filecopy($eurotrack & $EURO,$copy8, 9)
EndIf

Edited October 15, 2013 by 13lack13lade

[BrewManNH]

It's not going to wait unless you put it in a loop of some kind. And you will need a flag to tell it to not run each one more than once per day.

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Global $Ran9 = False, $Ran10 = False, $Ran11 = False, $Ran12 = False, $Ran12 = False, $Ran13 = False, $Ran14 = False, $Ran15 = False, $Ran16 = False
While 1
    If @HOUR = 9 And Not $Ran9 Then
        FileCopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy1, 9)
        FileCopy($bristrack & $AUS, $copy1, 9)
        FileCopy($asiatrack & $ASIA, $copy1, 9)
        FileCopy($eurotrack & $EURO, $copy1, 9)
        $Ran9 = True
        $Ran16 = False
    ElseIf @HOUR = 10 And Not $Ran10 Then
        FileCopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy2, 9)
        FileCopy($bristrack & $AUS, $copy2, 9)
        FileCopy($asiatrack & $ASIA, $copy2, 9)
        FileCopy($eurotrack & $EURO, $copy2, 9)
        $Ran9 = False
        $Ran10 = True
    ElseIf @HOUR = 11 And Not $Ran11 Then
        FileCopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy3, 9)
        FileCopy($bristrack & $AUS, $copy3, 9)
        FileCopy($asiatrack & $ASIA, $copy3, 9)
        FileCopy($eurotrack & $EURO, $copy3, 9)
        $Ran10 = False
        $Ran11 = True
    ElseIf @HOUR = 12 And Not $Ran12 Then
        FileCopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy4, 9)
        FileCopy($bristrack & $AUS, $copy4, 9)
        FileCopy($asiatrack & $ASIA, $copy4, 9)
        FileCopy($eurotrack & $EURO, $copy4, 9)
        $Ran11 = False
        $Ran12 = True
    ElseIf @HOUR = 13 And Not $Ran13 Then
        FileCopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy5, 9)
        FileCopy($bristrack & $AUS, $copy5, 9)
        FileCopy($asiatrack & $ASIA, $copy5, 9)
        FileCopy($eurotrack & $EURO, $copy5, 9)
        $Ran12 = False
        $Ran13 = True
    ElseIf @HOUR = 14 And Not $Ran14 Then
        FileCopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy6, 9)
        FileCopy($bristrack & $AUS, $copy6, 9)
        FileCopy($asiatrack & $ASIA, $copy6, 9)
        FileCopy($eurotrack & $EURO, $copy6, 9)
        $Ran13 = False
        $Ran14 = True
    ElseIf @HOUR = 15 And Not $Ran15 Then
        FileCopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy7, 9)
        FileCopy($bristrack & $AUS, $copy7, 9)
        FileCopy($asiatrack & $ASIA, $copy7, 9)
        FileCopy($eurotrack & $EURO, $copy7, 9)
        $Ran14 = False
        $Ran15 = True
    ElseIf @HOUR = 16 And Not $Ran16 Then
        FileCopy($bristrack & $SP, $copy8, 9)
        FileCopy($bristrack & $AUS, $copy8, 9)
        FileCopy($asiatrack & $ASIA, $copy8, 9)
        FileCopy($eurotrack & $EURO, $copy8, 9)
        $Ran15 = False
        $Ran16 = True
    EndIf
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

This will run each section only when the hour is correct and it hasn't run already. The flags are the $Ran# variables, and they are set to true when you run that section, and are reset to False when you run the next section. It will keep looping until you kill the script.

[13lack13lade]

thanks brewman for explaining that to me and i can easily understand how it works looking at your script.

greatly appreciated as always