Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 13:27:48 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: man at Message-ID: <20020308132748.A26790@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <20020307180719.A510-100000@66-75-1-142.san.rr.com>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:16:01PM -0800 References: <20020307180719.A510-100000@66-75-1-142.san.rr.com>
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On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:16:01PM -0800, Peter Leftwich wrote: > Sorry for a tremendously simple question, but I'm pretty sure the manpages > don't cover this: Is it possible to use "at" or "cron[tab]" for a "a time X > minutes from now" rather than "HH:MM specific time?" For example, can you > put in your ~/.login file something like "at +15mins echo 'time to go'"...? Euh... man at tells this already: You can also give times like [now] + count time-units, where the time-units can be minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or years and you can tell at to run the job today by suf- fixing the time with today and to run the job tomorrow by suffixing the time with tomorrow. so... at -f /home/edwin/bin/blaat now + 1 minute Keep in mind that at is only checked each 5 minutes (see /etc/crontab) Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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