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- P D A I L Y
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- Norm Patriquin
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- Version 1.0
- October 1986
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- Support BBS -- Patriquin's BBS
- 714-369-9766 (DATA)
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- Copyright 1986 by Norm Patriquin
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- Page 1
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- What is PDAILY
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- PDAILY allows the user to execute a set of DOS commands on a
- once per day basis. It is most useful for customizing your
- daily system startup procedure to perform some selected
- functions the first time the system is started each day and
- and to bypass them if the system is started again the same day.
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- The system was developed to remind me of my daily planning
- tasks once each day.
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- PDAILY works in conjunction with the DOS ERRORLEVEL batch
- command facility. The following statements show how selected
- commands are executed once per day.
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- Example:
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- ECHO OFF
- PDAILY
- IF NOT ERRORLEVEL GOTO NOTNOW
- PLANNER
- DEL *.BAK
- BACKUP *.* A:/A
- :NOTNOW
- MENU
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- Command Parameters:
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- PDAILY allows several command parameter switches to be specified
- to customize the process. All these parameters are optional.
- The command format and switch parameters are described below. A
- quick review of command parameters is always available by
- entering the PDAILY command with the /H parameter.
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- COMMAND FORMAT:
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- PDAILY [logfilename] (/ switches)
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- logfilename You may optionally specify the alternate name
- of a log file PDAILY is to use. This is a zero
- length file that is used to keep the current
- PDAILY staus.
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- This feature is useful to keep PDAILY status for
- more than one event or activity. Use a different
- logfilename for each PDAILY event controlled.
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- If not specified, PDAILY.DAT is used.
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- /H Display help about PDAILY
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- /N Return the proper ERRORLEVEL command but do not
- change it. Running PDAILY again will produce the
- same ERRORLEVEL the next time it is run, even the
- same day.
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- /R Reset PDAILY status from "already done today" to
- "not yet done today". Next time PDAILY is run
- it will indicate the commands are to be executed
- again.
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- /T Print status messages to indicate what ERRORLEVEL
- PDAILY has set.
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