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