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- PROGRAM: WAITUNTL.COM
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- GENERAL FUNCTION: To wait until a particular time arrives.
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- WHY IS IT NEEDED? There is no easy way in DOS to trigger events
- in batch files based on time of day.
-
- INSTALLATION: None
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- FORMAT: WAITUNTL HH:MM:SS
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- EXAMPLES: WAITUNTL 23:59:58
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- HOW TO USE IT: This can be used in batch files to simply wait until
- a certain time passes. The program continually displays the current
- time, which makes it easy to compare to the time set in WAITUNTL.
- WAITUNTL makes it easy to trigger a series of events based on time,
- such as downloading data at 6am and running a series of reports at
- 6:15 to have ready when you get in.
-
- OTHER EFFECTS: None
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Works with DOS 1.1, 2.x, and 3.0.
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- COMMENTS: None
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- SOURCE OF PROGRAM: Software Research.