config file (list of jobs / schedule) - environment variable to point to location (JOBSCHED=c:\AUTOJOB) jobsched.dat

go routine to load config file at startup, and if it changes reload jobs to map, re-calc next-run-time

read config entries and parse them to (map of) jobs - job name, schedule, next-run-time, etc.

loop forever through map of jobs and at if time.Now() >= next-run-time, launch go routine to "do" job. set new next-run-time just prior to launching the go routine

permanent "heartbeat" job.

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