mpc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Michael P Core) (12/15/89)
Does anyone know of any programs that could run programs by time like cron on unix? I may be running it under desqview or some other pc multi-tasking environment. Thanks in advance! Mike Core 614-860-5138 cblpf!mpc
josh@cditi.UUCP (Josh Muskovitz) (12/16/89)
In article <12353@cbnews.ATT.COM>, mpc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Michael P Core) writes: > > Does anyone know of any programs that could run programs > by time like cron on unix? I may be running it under desqview > or some other pc multi-tasking environment. > > Thanks in advance! > Mike Core > 614-860-5138 > cblpf!mpc I have seen something called waituntl.com which simply waits until a given time passes on the system clock, and then exits. You can use it in a batch file to simulate a cron. It is really worthless on a single tasking machine, except for things like "download a file from a board after 11 pm." Hope this helps. Josh Muskovitz Computer Design, Inc. josh@uunet!cditi
cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) (12/17/89)
One problem with timed-execution programs under DOS is that they can
only execute programs when the machine is at the DOS prompt and the user
hasn't typed anything, due to the single-tasking nature of DOS.
If you have a Mountain tape drive, you can find AUTOSET and AUTORUN
on your diskette; these are quite useful; however, they are quite definitely
not PD or shareware.
I know that isn't the only one out there, though; I'm pretty sure I
once saw a few programs like that on a BBS. I also have a program called
(I believe) cshell12, which is a shell that allows aliases, can switch the
path character from \ to /, will display a clock on the screen while you're
in it, has a screen saver, and will allow you to program it with events to
execute at a given time. I've never tried using it for timed execution;
however, if you'd like a copy (it's PD ... or perhaps shareware, but I think
it's PD), mail me a note (and do it soon before I go home for Christmas).
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