Bacground Launcher for the PC?

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From: barrus
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 23:54

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Bacground Launcher for the PC?

I am looking for a utility,commercial or shareware, the will 
launch programs on a set schedule and will run in the 
background.  I have looked at the cron like programs, but they 
seem to require that the utility be in the forground to work.
You cannot shell to DOS and have it still work.  They seem to 
be designed more for unattended machines than ones that are 
in use, which is what I am looking for.  I cannot use 
a Windows product as the foreground program will not run in 
Windows.
	What I am trying to do is to automatically ftp download 
data files in the background on a schedule while the forground 
program continues.  Perhaps there is some sort of background 
ftp product for the PC?  I appreciate any input.  Thanks

/Joseph Barrus
Barrus@cod.nosc.mil

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