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For my operating systems course the final problem is that we have to write a command that will open notepad in 60 seconds. I know that it involes the AT command, but beyond that I am stumped. He didn't give us any help with it either, we never...

For my operating systems course the final problem is that we have to write a command that will open notepad in 60 seconds. I know that it involes the AT command, but beyond that I am stumped. He didn't give us any help with it either, we never covered it in class or anything like it.

When I do the command help AT I get the list of commands, and they give out various options for launching on specific dates, but I'm just confused with it.

When I enter AT /help I get:

The AT command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at
a specified time and date. The Schedule service must be running to use
the AT command.

AT [\\computername] [ [id] [/DELETE] | /DELETE [/YES]]
AT [\\computername] time [/INTERACTIVE]
[ /EVERY:date[,...] | /NEXT:date[,...]] "command"

\\computername Specifies a remote computer. Commands are scheduled on the
local computer if this parameter is omitted.
id Is an identification number assigned to a scheduled
command.
/delete Cancels a scheduled command. If id is omitted, all the
scheduled commands on the computer are canceled.
/yes Used with cancel all jobs command when no further
confirmation is desired.
time Specifies the time when command is to run.
/interactive Allows the job to interact with the desktop of the user
who is logged on at the time the job runs.
/every:date[,...] Runs the command on each specified day(s) of the week or
month. If date is omitted, the current day of the month
is assumed.
/next:date[,...] Runs the specified command on the next occurrence of the
day (for example, next Thursday). If date is omitted, the
current day of the month is assumed.
"command" Is the Windows NT command, or batch program to be run.



It's this that has me confused:


AT [\\computername] [ [id] [/DELETE] | /DELETE [/YES]]
AT [\\computername] time [/INTERACTIVE]
[ /EVERY:date[,...] | /NEXT:date[,...]] "command"

Is that the command line that I need to enter? Obviously I would need to fill in the blanks, but if so I don't see how to, seeing as how I don't want to start up a schedule.

And it mentions that the schedule service must be set up, but I don't see this anywhere.

Gah, he should have showed us how to do this.

Any help on this?