Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!ajbennett From: ajbennett@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Andrew Bennett) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Looking for a program that will trigger LAN backup Message-ID: <5486.2864dbee@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Date: 23 Jun 91 22:35:42 GMT References: <5484.2863f130@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> <29810003@acf3.NYU.EDU> Lines: 28 In article <29810003@acf3.NYU.EDU>, chapman@acf3.NYU.EDU (Gary W. Chapman,WWH 318,212-998-3045,718-499-7815) writes: >>...These new files monitor the time, and at 22:00 >>(10 pm), they begin to backup the LAN server to a tape backup device. >> >>He wants to know if there are any such programs that run in the Windows >>environment that at a certain time can execute a certain task. > > Sounds like an good first project for Visual Basic or Turbo Pascal > for Windows. Why not take the opportunity to learn something about these > new tools? > > - Gary Chapman, NYU Gary, Well, I don't want to go that route. They have no programming languages for their pcs. If I wanted to order Visual Basic or Turbo Pascal, they wouldn't get it until September due to massive amounts of red tape. Anybody need any? Still looking for solutions. Someone our there has to do something similiar. Andrew -- Andrew Bennett ajbennett@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu [@miavx1.bitnet] Oxford, Ohio ab55sanu@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu [@miamiu.bitnet]