How to create a background process

[Richard Gaskin]

Josep wrote:
> I experimented with the send in time command.
> I need to program some tasks to run at fixed time and days. Like schedule 
> a task for a backup for example.
> How can control this? Any experience?
> And how lunch these task in the way that don't stop or delay the
> app and/or system?
> 
> My idea is to program the time that the task must
> be run. When the app is lunched I check thr task for day and 
> "send in time" the task.
> The task will be executed by a standalone stack.
> The task are backups and calculate grand totals.
> 
> By other way a lunch speak messages to the user, but if one message is
> runnig
> and one second message start, the first is stoped.
> How wait until the revspeak finish before start the next?
> I tryed from a custom message and using wait for message but doesn't work.
>  
> Thoughts?

On Mac and Linux, man cron

On Windows, this tutorial on the Task Scheduler includes a batch script:
<http://www.iopus.com/guides/winscheduler.htm>


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