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-- SCHEDULED PROGRAM EXECUTION
The Nifty Menu system can automatically execute programs and batch files
at pre-designated times. You might, for instance, want to have certain things
done during the middle of the night. Lengthy backup procedures or automated
communications are examples. To program Nifty to handle this for you, add one
or more lines to the MENU.MNU file. Each such line should begin with "@", fol-
lowed by a time (in 24-hour notation, without a colon), followed by ">", fol-
lowed by the path, filename and extension of the program or batch file to exec-
ute. Example:
@2200>\DOS\BACK-UP.BAT
This line tells Nifty to automatically execute the DOS directory's BACK-UP.BAT
batch file at 10:00 PM. Of course, the computer must be on at 10:00, and the
last user must have left the Nifty Menu system at its main menu before depar-
ting for the evening. At 10:00, Nifty will automatically execute the batch
file (and all the batch file's instructions). Upon completion of the batch
file, Nifty will return to its main menu. If there are other scheduled execu-
tion lines in the MENU.MNU file, Nifty will then set it's timer for the next
item to perform.
If you want to schedule execution of a program or batch file, but haven't
set it up in the MENU.MNU file, you my do so by pressing ALT-S at the main
menu.
If you utilize the scheduled execution feature of the program, don't ask
the computer to do anything dangerous while you're gone. If, for instance, you
expect it to do some printing at midnight, what happens if there's a paper jam?
What happens if you have a power outage when you're performing backups or other
file manipulation? Ask yourself what CAN go wrong while you're out, and you
can be assured that it WILL go wrong. Be careful!