Wanted: PC 'cron'-like TSR (?) program

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From: Steve Willoughby
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1991 02:06

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I need to find a DOS program which does something similar to the UNIX 'cron'
or 'at' commands... namely, wait until a specified time and then run a given
program.  This program should ideally be a TSR that contains just enough 
code to wait for a certain time of day and then fire up an application,
wait for it to finish running, and then go dormant again.

The application for this is to get UUPC to poll other systems automatically
by waiting until the late hours of the night and then firing up UUPC.
(So, if anyone has a UUPC-specific solution, that would be even better.
The copy of UUPC I have doesn't seem to have any such feature.)

I'd prefer a PD program, or at least a fairly inexpensive one.
Thanks,
Steve

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