php artisan schedule:run does not work in windows

[uwascan]

I am trying out the new command scheduling feature of Laravel 5 on windows 7 using a windows based cron service [http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2011/11/cron-service-for-windows/]. When I discovered that my commands where not running I ran php artisan schedule:run manually on a console and got the following error: Running scheduled command: C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\v5.6\php.exe artisan roman:inspire > /dev/null 2>&1 &
The system cannot find the path specified.
I think the problem is with '> /dev/null 2>&1 &' appended to the command. Is it possible for laravel not to append '> /dev/null 2>&1 &' when running on windows, if not what do you suggest I do. I have an up coming project that depends on the command scheduling feature of Laravel 5.
Any guidiance will be appreciated.

[GrahamCampbell]

This is known, yeh. Looks like windows isn't supported.

[crynobone]

http://superuser.com/a/777230

[uwascan]

I commented out the part the method 'buildCommand' in Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Event.php as shown below
/**
* Build the comand string.
*
* @return string
*/
public function buildCommand()
{
$command = $this->command; //.' > '.$this->output.' 2>&1 &';
return $this->user ? 'sudo -u '.$this->user.' '.$command : $command;
}

my scheduled jobs are running now. this is a terrible thing to do I know, it will remain so until I come across a better solution.

[uwascan]

Is there any best practice on how to extend or replace Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Event.php?

[uwascan]

@GrahamCampbell your response is not good enough, are you saying windows users should avoid Laravel?

[neomerx]

@uwascan you're right on your way to make a pull request to Laravel however manipulation is a surplus

btw why running PHP on windows servers these days?

[uwascan]

From the link posted by @crynobone, I was able to make it work on windows using
php artisan schedule:run > NUL 2>&1

[crynobone]

btw why running PHP on windows servers these days?

Someone/team could consider http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/, unless Laravel team has decided not to support Windows.

[uwascan]

@neomerx my client only has windows based infrastructure. I think PHP support on windows is not as bad as it is portrayed to be. What would you do if you are hired by a windows shop to build a php app? reject the offer or force linux? I find Linux very good though, I am still wrapping my head around it.

[neomerx]

@uwascan Cos not unless you're a hardcore windows hater :) However if a company rents servers or cloud infrastructure (which is very common these days for internet web projects) typically it's *nix based. Thus worth asking.
Anyway having your pull request with something like php_uname('s') === 'WINNT' ? ... : ...; would be 👍

[neomerx]

@uwascan FYI one of the 'windows as a PHP server' sad stories

[uwascan]

The project I am working is used internally on a private LAN. I submitted a pull request a few hours ago. My very first. #7887

[uwascan]

Another simple way to make this work on windows without changing Laravel code is to append the following to your sheduler code

->sendOutputTo('NUL')

Example

$schedule->command('inspire')->cron('*/1 * * * * *')->sendOutputTo('NUL');

the code below works on windows when sending output to a file.

$schedule->command('inspire')
    ->cron('*/1 * * * * *')->sendOutputTo(storage_path('logs/output.log'));

This is what I am currently using and all is good so far. I think this should be added to the docs.

[gregrobson]

Thank you @uwascan - it's 11:50pm, and that's just helped me with local testing. Works perfectly on windows.