The action view is where you determine what Scheduler will do when the event arrives. The event will be handled by an event handler. The event handlers which are built into Scheduler are message, command, act on file, and do nothing. Each event handler provides a place to edit some content particular to how it will do its job.
The message handler: It will deliver a message when the event arrives. The message can be customized by typing into the provided text area:
The command handler: It will execute a command or script as if it had been executed from the shell. The command which is executed can be customized by typing into the provided text area. Since no backup software exists yet for the BeOS, and tape drive support was pretty poor last time I checked, I personally back up my BeOS partition by zipping the home and apps folders to my MacOS partition, and when I backup my MacOS hard drive, my BeOS data is already stored there. To accomplish this, use the following command, but replace "Macintosh HD" with the name of your Macintosh or Windows partition:
zip -r "/Macintosh HD/BeOS backup.zip" /boot/apps /boot/home
If you do have a tape drive and have appropriate drivers for BeOS, you may want to use tar to backup to the tape, but this doesn't store attributes, so you probably want to zip then tar the folders. To do this, use the following command, but make sure you have plenty of space on your boot partition, make sure you understand how tar works and that this command is appropriate for your tape device, and perhaps be prepared for some trial-and-error in a shell window to get this to work right for you:
zip -r "/boot/BeOS backup.zip" /boot/apps /boot/home; tar -c /dev/tape/scsi/000 "/boot/BeOS backup.zip"; rm "/boot/BeOS backup.zip"
The act on file handler: It will launch a program or file as if its icon had been double clicked. The file which is acted on can be selected by pressing the select file button to get a file selection panel.
Deliver event later if missed: Normally, if an event is missed, Scheduler will tell you about the event after the fact. But if it's something unimportant, for example a reminder to go get some sleep delivered each night, you won't want such a message delivered later. Unchecking the deliver event later if missed box will turn off this behavior.
Delete event once delivered: If this box is
checked, the event will automatically be deleted once it has been
delivered.
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