From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 1 03:02:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50E7A1065670 for ; Sat, 1 May 2010 03:02:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from mail.olivent.com (mail.olivent.com [75.99.82.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C949B8FC1D for ; Sat, 1 May 2010 03:02:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.olivent.com (Kerio Connect 7.0.0 patch 1) (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128 bits)); Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:01:56 -0400 References: <4BDB0ACA.7040805@mykitchentable.net> <81347FF5-3BA7-47CC-90CD-2CD9881DCDC6@drainfade.com> <4BDB1F42.9090005@mykitchentable.net> Message-Id: <36603AA6-76EB-4AFF-A5F9-DEF6C6CCF969@olivent.com> From: mikel king To: Drew Tomlinson In-Reply-To: <4BDB1F42.9090005@mykitchentable.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:01:53 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: 'at' command syntax X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 03:02:03 -0000 On Apr 30, 2010, at 2:19 PM, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > On 4/30/2010 10:11 AM, Allie Daneman wrote: >> Read the man page...that should shed light on the issue. >> >> Sent from my electronic slavery device. > > [snip] > >>> I've read the man page over and over. > > Thanks for your reply. > > I started there but guess I am dense. However Thomas' post told me > that I have to use 'echo' or 'cat' and the pipe to feed 'at' from > the command line. I wasn't grasping that I had to do it in this > manner. > > Cheers, > > Drew BSD users are normally more civil and will at least point you to the section of the manual or even a good how to if we don't have the time to write one for you. RTFM responses are normally left to the Linux crowd and their lists. I hope that Thomas' note earlier shed some light on the subject. Cheers, Mikel King Senior Editor, BSD News Network Columnist, BSD Magazine 6 Alpine Court, Medford, NY 11763 http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelking http://twitter.com/mikelking