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- From: barrus@cod.nosc.mil
- Subject: Bacground Launcher for the PC?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.235901.2313@nosc.mil>
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- Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 23:59:01 GMT
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- Bacground Launcher for the PC?
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- 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 lauch programs.
- 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
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- /Joseph Barrus
- Barrus@cod.nosc.mil
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