DATECHEK.EXE    1.1
Written by Eric Hemmer
All Rights Reserved

This program is freeware. Feel free to distribute it among friends and co-
workers. However, this text file must be distributed with all copies.


DATECHEK is a batch file utility which checks the current date against that
specified, and if they match, carry out the specified instructions once for
that day, or optionally, every day.
DATECHEK can be added to your AUTOEXEC.BAT to print a schedule or list of 
items from a text file, begin the backup program of your choice, call any
program or batch file to perform cleanup, etc.  The possiblities are limited
only to your imagination.


To use DATECHEK, use the following syntax in any batch file:

DATECHEK MM-DD-YYYY [path]COMMAND [paramters]

YOU MUST USE THE FORMAT mm-dd-yyyy TO SPECIFY THE DATE.
Example:
        DATECHEK 01-01-1995 CLEANUP.BAT

DATECHEK stores all entries run in the file C:\DATECHEK.LOG
When called, the program first checks the system date against that specified
on the command line. If they match, or is you used 00-00-0000, the program 
opens the log file and searches for an entry matching the current date, and 
the EXACT syntax used to specify the command. If no match is found, the 
command specified is carried out, and an entry is added to the log, showing 
the current date and the command performed. 
DATECHEK will not produce an error if it cannot perform the command specified,
but still creates the entry in the log. This allows easy troubleshooting for 
syntax errors and typo's.
If you need to force the command to run again, simply delete or rename the
log file.
Use DATECHEK ? to display help.

THE AUTHOR CANNOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR MISUSE OR FAILURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
ALTHOUGH I HAVE TESTED AND USED THIS PROGRAM FOR SOME TIME, I CANNOT GUARANTEE
HOW THE PROGRAM WILL BEHAVE IN EVERY SYSTEM.  USE WITH CARE.