
	CHCKPM - Automated Preventive Maintenance Notice System

SYS$LIBRARY:CHCKPM.TSK is run by KMS$COMMAND:CHCKPM.BAT each night
at midnight.  The date file in KMS_PM_DATE is checked for any date
within a 7 day window after the current date.  If there is one, the
system notice file at KMS_SYS_NOTICE is checked for a PM notice.  If
one is found, the routine exists.  Otherwise, the file KMS_PM_NOTICE
is inserted into KMS_SYS_NOTICE, and the special symbols inside
KMS_PM_NOTICE are replaced with the date and time of PM.  If no dates
are within the window, any PM notice inside the system notice file
is removed.

The file at KMS_PM_DATE should be updated as the PM schedule is
announced.  Then, you can forget it until the next set of PM's are
scheduled.  This will hopefully decrease the number of errors in setting
up PM messages and decrease operator time.
