Sample CHORES.INI file

CHORES.INI has a dual role as the help file and the configuration file for the CHORES.EXE DOS Task Scheduler.
NOTE: that it normally needs to be located in the same place as the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. (i.e. C:\).
'  Data file for CHORES.EXE scheduling utility (C)Henry Bartlett 2000
'  Runs designated programs on scheduled days
'  Each program to be run must be listed on a separate line with each
'       component separated by semi-colons as follows:
'  day; program name; parameters; prompt pause; [date of last use]
'  DAY: 0 Sunday
'       1 Monday
'       2 Tuesday
'       3 Wednesday
'       4 Thursday
'       5 Friday
'       6 Saturday
'       7 every day
'       8 every second day
'       9 every third day

' Program name:  must include full path and extension
' Parameters: include any Command line parameters or switches required
' Prompt pause: if not 0, displays a prompt giving the user the opportunity
'     to cancel the operation. The prompt is displayed for the given (whole)
'     number of seconds
' Date of last use: is not required initially. CHORES adds the date when
'     the designated program is run (Date is written in dd/mm/yyyy format)
' Blank lines and lines (such as this one) beginning with a ' are ignored

' Suggested useage: in AUTOEXEC.BAT after initialisation section and before
'    any menu items or calls to WINDOWS and again as the final item
' from my AUTOEXEC.BAT file (WIN 3.11, DOS 6.22)

' (General initialization stuff)

';   run daily routines at startup
' Chores
' WIN /N
';  Check for any daily routines skipped at startup
' Chores

' (End of autoexec.bat )

' If an item is scheduled to be run on a particular day it will be run once
'    only no matter how many times you run CHORES on that day

' Example: "2;C:\DOS\SCANDISK.EXE; /CUSTOM;3;12;09;2000" runs SCANDISK from
'           the C:\DOS directory each Tuesday using the CUSTOM switch and
'           giving a 3 second prompt pause.
'           It was last run on Tuesday 12 Sep 2000

'Chores data starts here...

'Monday: run full Scandisk
1;C:\DOS\scandisk.exe;/S;3;24;4;2000
1;C:\DOS\DEFRAG.EXE;C: /U;0;24;4;2000
1;C:\MCAFEE\SCAN.EXE;C:;0;24;4;2000

'Tuesday: run full Defrag
2;C:\DOS\Scandisk.exe;/Custom;0;25;4;2000
2;C:\DOS\Defrag.exe;C: /F;3;25;4;2000
2;C:\MCAFEE\SCAN.EXE;C:;0;25;4;2000

'Wednesday: run full Mcafee scan
3;C:\DOS\scandisk.exe;/Custom;0;26;4;2000
3;C:\DOS\Defrag.exe;C: /U;0;26;4;2000
3;C:\MCAFEE\SCAN.EXE;C:/All;3;26;4;2000

'Thursday
4;C:\DOS\scandisk.exe;/Custom;0;20;4;2000
4;C:\DOS\Defrag.exe;C: /U;0;20;4;2000
4;C:\MCAFEE\SCAN.EXE;C:;0;20;4;2000

'Friday
5;C:\DOS\scandisk.exe;/Custom;0;21;4;2000
5;C:\DOS\Defrag.exe;C: /U;0;21;4;2000
5;C:\MCAFEE\SCAN.EXE;C:;0;21;4;2000

'Saturday
6;C:\DOS\scandisk.exe;/Custom;0;22;4;2000
6;C:\DOS\Defrag.exe;C: /U;0;22;4;2000
6;C:\MCAFEE\SCAN.EXE;C:;0;22;4;2000

'Sunday
0;C:\DOS\scandisk.exe;/Custom;0;23;4;2000
0;C:\DOS\Defrag.exe;C: /U;0;23;4;2000
0;C:\MCAFEE\SCAN.EXE;C:;0;23;4;2000
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