New in version 2.0.
Manage scheduled tasks
| parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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| argument | no | Arguments to provide scheduled task action |
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| days_of_week | no | Days of the week to run a weekly task, not idempotent |
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| description | no | The description for the scheduled task |
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| enabled | no | True |
| Enable/disable the task |
| execute | no | Command the scheduled task should execute |
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| frequency | no |
| The frequency of the command, not idempotent |
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| name | yes | Name of the scheduled task |
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| path | no | Task folder in which this task will be stored |
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| state | yes |
| State that the task should become |
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| time | no | Time to execute scheduled task, not idempotent |
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| user | no | User to run scheduled task as |
# Create a scheduled task to open a command prompt win_scheduled_task: name="TaskName" execute="cmd" frequency="daily" time="9am" description="open command prompt" path="example" enable=yes state=present user=SYSTEM
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