Soon.exe: Near-Future Command Scheduler

For brief usage details, type soon at the command prompt. To view Soon's default settings, run soon /d.

Soon schedules commands and programs to run in the near future on either the local or a remote computer, by generating and running an appropriate AT command (part of the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 operating system).

The Soon command closely resembles the AT command because Soon simply generates and executes a suitable AT command. The Schedule service must be running to use the Soon command.

Soon schedules jobs to run at a time relative to the current time (a number of seconds from "now"). Rescheduling a job with Soon therefore requires no editing of the Soon command. Soon can also be used to schedule jobs to run cyclically at intervals of less than one day. You encapsulate the job to be scheduled in a command file, along with a suitable Soon command, then schedule the command file rather than the actual job it encapsulates.

Soon Topics

• To Use Soon
• Scheduling Syntax
• Configuration Syntax
• Using Soon to Schedule Jobs Repetitively
• Using Soon to Troubleshoot a Batch Job
• Example: Running a command every five minutes

Files Required

• Soon.exe
• At.exe (standard Windows 2000 tool) must be on your path.
• Schedule service (standard Windows 2000 service) must be running on the target computer.