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Re: WANTED: Mac CRON program

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From: Stormbringer
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:23
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In article <RFROST.93Jan22075802@degas.jrc.flinders.edu.au> Richard
Frost, rfrost@degas.jrc.flinders.edu.au writes:
>
>I am looking for a Mac equivalent to the well-known UNIX CRON program
>that can lauch applications at a certain time automatically.
>

I have seen just such a program at either sumex and/or umich.  I had it
for a while and although I didn't use it, I believe it will do what you
want.  The name escapes me, but it had CRON in it somewhere. Hope you 
can find it!  :)
George
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