Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference

Name

soonRK

Synopsis

soon [\\host] [seconds] [/INTERACTIVE] command

Run a command after a delay period. This command serves as an alternate interface to the Schedule service on the local computer or on a remote host (see also the at command).

soon schedules the specified command to run in the indicated number of seconds (see the following list for defaults). The /INTERACTIVE option allows it to interact with the keyboard when executed.

soon /D [options]

Set the default values for various parameters used by the soon command, as indicated by the subsequent options.

Default Setting Options

/L:n

Set the default delay period for local jobs to n seconds (this is initially 5 seconds).

/R:n

Set the default delay period for remote jobs to n seconds (this is initially 15 seconds).

/I:ON | OFF

Specify whether the /INTERACTIVE option is the default or not (this is initially off ).