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DOSCRON and BATCRON are DOS variations on UNIX's CRON scheduler program.

DOSCRON take the format of DOSCRON <Hour> <Minute> <Program Name> <Days>
and will execute <Program Name> at <Hour>:<Minute> 7 days a week if
specific days are not passed to it.

           DOSCRON 7 15 TEST will exectute TEST at 7:15 AM 7 days a week
           DOSCRON 7 15 TEST 24 will exectute TEST at 7:15 AM Mon. & Thurs.

BATCRON is identical to DOSCRON except it doesn't take a <Program Name>.  It's
designed to run in a batch file.  IE:

                        :start
                        @echo off
                        REM Run dir \*.* /s at 9:30 AM Mon.-Fri.
                        BATCRON 9 30 12345
                        @IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO end
                        dir \*.* /s
                        goto start
                        :end

If [Esc] is pressed the batch file is aborted by setting DOS' ERRORLEVEL to 1.
Otherwise the new program is executed at the time specified by setting DOS'
ERRORLEVEL to 0.

Type DOSCRON or BATCRON for Day of the week values and the command line format.

I've include the C source code and the MicroSoft NMake compable make file so
that you can modify this code to make it more convenient for your requirements.

Ric Seymour

CompuServe: 76330,2307
Internet:   rseymour@fdic.gov
