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- EXEC! 2.0
- Timed program execution utility.
- Copyright 1987 - John M. Parlin
- Donated to the public domain. Unmodified distribution is encouraged.
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- EXEC! executes programs at a user-specified time.
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- Usage: EXEC20
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- Prompts for number of commands to execute. EXEC! can execute up to 254
- commands each at a specified time. This can be useful with communications
- programs which accept a script file as a parameter.
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- For example:
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- If you wanted to use Procomm to access 2 bulletin board systems and
- upload a file to each using a Procomm CMD file. You would tell EXEC!
- that you want to execute 2 commands; PROCOMM /Fscript1.cmd and PROCOMM
- /Fscript2.cmd. You specify that PROCOMM /Fscript1.cmd gets executed at
- 22:00 and that the PROCOMM /Fscript2.cmd be executed at 23:00. Within the
- Procomm script file is a command which, after completing file transfers,
- hangs up and exits back to DOS where program execution of EXEC! continues,
- waiting for 23:00 to execute PROCOMM /Fscript2.cmd.
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- Prompts for the filename.ext(s) of the program(s) to be executed. Filename
- extensions are not required but okay. There is no file-exist checking
- but you will be prompted for verification of the command or filename of the
- program to execute.
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- Displays current time and prompts for time to begin execution. The format
- used for entering the time is HH:MM but dropping a leading zero from the
- HOUR is okay. You are prompted for as many filenames and times as
- you specified in the first prompt.
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- Function-1 toggles the screen on or off depending on it's current state.
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- Function-2 Aborts. EXEC! terminates and you go back to DOS.
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- If you find this program useful then... that's great. Share it with others
- as well.
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