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From: jeff@drexel.UUCP (Jeff White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Need a program to run another program at a specific time (like 'at')
Keywords: DOS program delayed execution at
Message-ID: <709@drexel.UUCP>
Date: 13 Sep 88 17:27:08 GMT
Organization: Drexel University, Phila., Pa.
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  On one of our PC's, we have a program which gets manually started every
morning, which calls up a company, downloads some stock information, and
then quits.  The downloaded file is then printed out. (I should mention is
a custom program, not part of a scriptfile from a communications program.
We would like to set up the PC so that the program starts automatically
each weekday (weekends can be ignored if it simplifies things) at a specific
time (say, 6:00am).  The program name just has to be typed, ie. 'bailey';
no other parameters have to be specified.
   Is there a public domain program that will allow this (the computer does
have a real time clock, BTW)?  I'm not that familiar with IBM Basic, but I
imagine I could probably write a simple program, read the time, and if it
greater than or equal to the designated time (ie. 6:00:30 instead of just
6:00), execute the program from within the Basic routine and then exit (and
probably print or leave a completion message somewhere.  However, a program
that ran in the background, occasionally checking the time, might be a bit
nicer.  I would be interested in any recommendations you might have.

						Jeff White
						Drexel University - ECE Dept.
						rutgers!bpa!drexel!jeff