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- Starter for the OS/2 2.x Presentation Manager
- (C) Peter Wansch, 1993
- Version 1.00
-
- October 12, 1993
-
- Files in archive: starter.exe
- starter.doc (this file)
- starter.cmd
- license.txt
-
- Introduction
- ============
- Starter is an easy to use utility to start a specified program or command file periodically.
- Starter could for instance be used to periodically make backup copies of sensible data on a
- file server or to periodically check your harddisk for virus infection.
-
- Tutorial
- ========
- This tutorial describes how to make bakup copies of your config.sys file every hour.
- In order to have a set of copies (e.g. to trace back changes) you might want to append
- the date when the file was created and the number from a counter to the name of the file.
- If you made periodical copies of your config.sys file on October the 12th the corresponding
- file names would look something like this:
-
- config.101293.1
- config.101293.2
- config.101293.3
- ...
-
- The command file STARTER.CMD contains the following command:
- copy c:\config.sys c:\config.%1.%2
-
- The parameters %1 and %2 are variables that are supplied by Starter. You just have to view
- the Settings dialog by choosing the Settings command from the Options menu.
- In the Settings dialog you can set an activation interval to start the corresponding session.
- You may enter a title for the session. Starter automatically appends a number to this title
- that is incremented with every session. Then you have to enter the full path and filename of
- the program file or command file that you want to have started periodically. This can be any
- application including DOS- and Windows programms. You might want to enter a startup directory
- for your application. However the startup directory must be on the same drive as the Starter
- program, otherwise Starter won't switch to the corresponding directory. Then you can optionally
- pass a parameter string to the program. If the Program specified in the Path and filename entry
- field is a command file you have to select the Command file check box. If you don't want your
- session to be closed after the program has finished select No auto close (this only applies to
- windowed sessions).Select the Start minimized check box to start the specified program minimized.
-
- You can use the following variables in the Invocation string entry field:
- ^ is replaced by the current date
- # is replaced by the session number that is incremented after a session was started
-
- The invocation string for our CONFIG.SYS sample would be
- ^ #
- (please note the blank between the two characters)
-
- Imagine that I installed Starter on my C: disk in the C:\STARTER directory. Then the
- Path and filename would be:
- C:\STARTER\STARTER.CMD
-
-
-
- The program is currently very limited because I wrote it for the specific purpose
- to periodically make backup copies and if you automatically start it from the
- the Startup folder you don't have to worry about backups you did not make.
-
- Your e-mail is appreciated if you have any comments, suggestions or questions.
-
- Peter Wansch
- Vienna, Austria
- e-mail p.wansch@ieee.org