From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 4 18:46:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA05295 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 18:46:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from abc.xyz.net (froggy.anchorage.ptialaska.net [208.151.119.238]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA05258 for ; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 18:45:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from groggy@iname.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abc.xyz.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA01608 for ; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 17:46:15 -0800 (AKDT) (envelope-from groggy@iname.com) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 17:46:15 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe X-Sender: abc@abc.xyz.net To: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Anyone using 'at' ? In-Reply-To: <36170915.CBBD5189@dal.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Studded wrote: AT(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual AT(1) at [-V] [-q queue] [-f file] [-mldbv] time at [-V] -c job [job ...] atq [-V] [-q queue] [-v] atrm [-V] job [job ...] batch [-V] [-q queue] [-f file] [-mv] [time] the invocation of atrun. For both at and batch, commands are read from standard input or the file specified with the -f option and executed. The working directory, the -f file Reads the job from file rather than standard input. -c Cats the jobs listed on the command line to standard output. > I got interested in using the 'at' utility to schedule some work and > found out that it doesn't seem to be matching the behavior described in > the man pages. I am loathe to call this a bug because I'm totally > unfamiliar 'at' and it might be pilot error. > > To start with, if I type in a very simple command like: > > at 22:29 command > > it never returns, and the job never executes. Doing anything more > exciting (like is described in the man page) such as: > > at now + 5 seconds command > > I get "at: incomplete time. So as far as I can see, the thing is totally > non-operational, although I'd be happy to be proven wrong. I'm using a > very recent -Stable and Bash 2.02.1 in case it matters. I've tried > running it both as a normal user and as root. > > Thanks, > > Doug > -- > *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** > > "Yes, the president should resign. He has lied to the American people, > time and time again, and betrayed their trust. He is no longer an > effective leader. Since he has admitted guilt, there is no reason to put > the American people through an impeachment. He will serve absolutely no > purpose in finishing out his term; the only possible solution is for the > president to save some dignity and resign." > > - William Jefferson Clinton, 1974 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > ------------------------------------------------- For the best in *Quality and Price* call PCWare for all your Hardware and Internetworking needs! Ph. 907-522-8572 PCWare, Inc. 3711 E. 74th Ave. Anchorage, AK U.S.A. Sorry, we're moving, so please call: Ph. 907-338-8446 Anchorage Internet P.O. Box 142146 Anchorage, AK 99514 FingerPrint BA09868C 1B995204 58410FD3 A5E7B2DA http://www.poboxes.com/plan9 * groggy@iname.com ------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message