Using the cron macro scheduler
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v1.2 for Psion3a.
Paul Merriman, September 1994.

The cron macro scheduler can be used to set up regular execution of a macro created using Tom Dolbin's macsys version 2.0 (and above I hope). For instance you could write a macro to use the comms scripts to connect to your Unix network over a modem and check for mail (something I plan to do). The  cron scheduler can then be set up to run this once an hour say. The nice thing is that it even works whilst the 3a is switched off - it'll wake up when the next event comes round! Of course you might like to turn the 3a off again once it is no longer busy - so you can set the auto-timeoff from within the app - though it can be over-ridden by the system setting if you change your mind later.

I have supplied the app as source - and its in the public domain. Thanks to David Wood at Psion for the pointers to the system calls.

There are no instructions as its pretty self explanatory how you use it!

Enjoy!

Paul

cpm@fnbc.com or cpm@fnbc.co.uk


