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From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Subject: Re: perhaps one of phk's "intern" projects? 
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> Matthew Emmerton(matt@gsicomp.on.ca)@2001.07.26 16:50:52 +0000:
> > On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> > 
> > > It'd be nice if one could pass a time specification to at in the form of "next
> > > reboot".
> > > 
> > > -matt
> > > 
> > 
> > Why not just write a script for the command and stick it in
> > /usr/local/etc/rc.d?
> 
> because a uid != 0 won't write a startup file there, won't he? ;-)

Of course, he could use the crontab(1) command, and install an
entry with a time of '@reboot'.  

RTFM:	man 1 crontab
	man 5 crontab

Sure, this starts something on *every* reboot, but that's the same
as if you installed someting in /usr/local/etc/rc.d

louie



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