P D A I L Y by Norm Patriquin Version 1.0 October 1986 Support BBS -- Patriquin's BBS 714-369-9766 (DATA) Copyright 1986 by Norm Patriquin Page 1 What is PDAILY -------------- PDAILY allows the user to execute a set of DOS commands on a once per day basis. It is most useful for customizing your daily system startup procedure to perform some selected functions the first time the system is started each day and and to bypass them if the system is started again the same day. The system was developed to remind me of my daily planning tasks once each day. PDAILY works in conjunction with the DOS ERRORLEVEL batch command facility. The following statements show how selected commands are executed once per day. Example: -------- ECHO OFF PDAILY IF NOT ERRORLEVEL GOTO NOTNOW PLANNER DEL *.BAK BACKUP *.* A:/A :NOTNOW MENU Page 2 Command Parameters: ------------------- PDAILY allows several command parameter switches to be specified to customize the process. All these parameters are optional. The command format and switch parameters are described below. A quick review of command parameters is always available by entering the PDAILY command with the /H parameter. COMMAND FORMAT: PDAILY [logfilename] (/ switches) logfilename You may optionally specify the alternate name of a log file PDAILY is to use. This is a zero length file that is used to keep the current PDAILY staus. This feature is useful to keep PDAILY status for more than one event or activity. Use a different logfilename for each PDAILY event controlled. If not specified, PDAILY.DAT is used. /H Display help about PDAILY /N Return the proper ERRORLEVEL command but do not change it. Running PDAILY again will produce the same ERRORLEVEL the next time it is run, even the same day. /R Reset PDAILY status from "already done today" to "not yet done today". Next time PDAILY is run it will indicate the commands are to be executed again. /T Print status messages to indicate what ERRORLEVEL PDAILY has set.