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From: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: UNIX cron like facilities from dos
Message-ID: <258B2717.12741@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: 17 Dec 89 05:41:43 GMT
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Reply-To: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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   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).
-- 
Stephen M. Dunn                               cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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