Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 22:35:17 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Anyone using 'at' ? Message-ID: <36170915.CBBD5189@dal.net>
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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
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