A little trial and error, a little testing, a little research, and I automated this simple task. I know it's not a big deal at all :) But I like solving these little puzzles, which I don't get to do every day.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Sometimes you script and schedule...
So I don't feel like my job is that "technical"...but sometimes I have to write some scripts for specific tasks, and then I realize it kinda is. I guess to me, technical means "difficult", which is subjective. And writing code, is something that doesn't come very naturally to me. So today I had to create a script to clear files in an archive folder once a week, along with the reboot schedule. I had to create local service accounts for this on each server that needed this, and use them to run the scheduled task I created. I had to do some research for this to figure out exactly what I could use and how to call it and what not. But it kinda reminded me of school a little bit, not sure why. Here's the email I sent to the requester once it was done:
A little trial and error, a little testing, a little research, and I automated this simple task. I know it's not a big deal at all :) But I like solving these little puzzles, which I don't get to do every day.
A little trial and error, a little testing, a little research, and I automated this simple task. I know it's not a big deal at all :) But I like solving these little puzzles, which I don't get to do every day.
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A little trial and error, a little testing, a little research... that's how I usually do my job :P
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