Better Cron Tasks

Based on the Cron Tasks

With Better Cron Tasks, you can schedule tasks/jobs to run periodically at fixed times, dates, or intervals.

HowTo

In your settings.json:

"cronTasks.tasks": [
    {
        "at": "* * * * *",
        "run": "workbench.action.tasks.runTask",
        "args": ["nameOfYourTask"]
    },
],

• at: a cron expression
• run: a vscode command
• args: argument you want to pass to the command

Debugging

The extension always prints out debug information into the channel Better Cron Tasks of the panel Output (menu: View / Output).

But if the property cronTasks.debug (false by default) is true or "on", the extension will bring that channel to focus.

blank

With "cronTasks.debug": "useBlank", the extension will print out debug information as usual but it won't call the final task.

test command

The command cronTasks.showTestMessage will display a simple notification.

Notification

The property cronTasks.notification (minor by default) indicates when to show the update notification.

Enjoy!

Attributions

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