Automatically execute console command at specific system time (on a schedule)

[Chiller252]

I've looked into Auto-Shutdown/ restart solutions in the past when it comes to SteamCMD servers, but haven't found anything that works and is scalable. At the moment, I just set my windows machine to restart in the middle of the night, automatically sign in, and execute the ServerDoc Start All .exe. If you haven't figured it out yet, I host locally on a semi-dedicated windows machine.

Does anyone know a command or script that will run a command through the console when the computer/system time hits a specific time? EX: at 4:00 AM the console executes the command 'sv_shutdown 1' OR at 12:00AM January 1st of any year the server executes the command: 'ulx csay HAPPY NEW YEAR'

I imagine there are many other uses/solutions that this mechanic could be very useful for. I just don't have enough know-how when it comes to things like console commands or the lua language to do much about it. That's why I'm here to see if anyone with that know-how is willing to share their insight on the subject of automatically executing console commands based on system time (or similar).

[MrPresident]

Google a program called ServerChecker. It's a great program I've used for years to run my servers. It checks process IDs to make sure the server isn't crashed and I believe you can schedule regular restarts through that program as well.

[MrPresident]

But to answer your actual question. You can use os.Date (http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/os/date) to get the date/time of the system in string format that you can then check against whatever you want...


for example:

Code: Lua

1. local timestamp = os.date( "%d-%m-%H-%M-%S" , os.time() )
2.  
3. if timestamp == "01-01-00-00-01" then
4.         game.ConsoleCommand( "ulx csay HAPPY NEW YEAR\n" )
5. end
6.  

You would just have to include that check in a timer or think hook that checked every second.

[Chiller252]

Thank you <3
I have the wiki page bookmarked, but wasn't expecting stuff like that to be in there (I don't know why I didn't think of it)
I'll be sure to check there first next time.