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Scheduling Syntax

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The Soon scheduling command takes the following form:

soon [\\computername] [delay] [/interactive] "command"

Where:

\\computername

specifies a remote computer on which the command is to be scheduled. If this argument is omitted, the command is scheduled on the local computer.

delay

specifies when the command is to run, expressed as a number of seconds from now. If this argument is omitted, Soon will use one of its default delay settings, as follows:

• If the job is to be run on the local computer, Soon uses its LocalDelay.
• If the job is to be run on a remote compute, Soon uses its RemoteDelay.

/interactive

allows the job to interact with the desktop of the logged-on user when the job runs. If this argument is omitted, Soon uses its current InteractiveAlways (/iùsee Configuration) setting, as follows:

• If InteractiveAlways is on, the job will interact with the desktop.
• If InteractiveAlways is off, the job will not interact with the desktop.

command

specifies the command to be scheduled (enclosed in double quotation marks).