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diff --git a/static/v10/man1/at.1 b/static/v10/man1/at.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..69613be6 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man1/at.1 @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +.TH AT 1 +.CT 1 time_man +.SH NAME +at \(mi execute commands at a later time +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B at +[ +.B -r +] +.I time +[ +.I day +] +[ +.I file +] +.PP +.B at -l +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I At +squirrels away a copy of the named +.I file +(standard input default) +to be used as input to +.IR sh (1) +at a specified later time. +A +.I cd +command to the current directory is inserted +at the beginning, +followed by assignments to all environment variables. +When the script is run, it uses the userid and groupid +of the creator of the copy. +.PP +The +.I time +is 1 to 4 digits, with an optional following +.LR A , +.LR P , +.L N +or +.L M +for +AM, PM, noon or midnight. +One and two digit numbers are taken to be hours, three and four digits +to be hours and minutes. +If no letters follow the digits, a 24 hour clock time is understood. +.PP +The optional +.I day +is either a month name followed by a day number, +or a day of the week; if the word +.L week +follows, invocation is moved seven days further off. +Names of months and days may be recognizably truncated. +A year number, spelled out in full, may follow the month. +.PP +The options are +.TP +.B -r +Remove the specified activity. +.TP +.B -l +List all activities scheduled for this user. +.PP +.I At +programs are executed by periodic execution +of +.F /usr/lib/atrun +from +.IR cron (8). +The granularity of +.I at +depends upon how often +.I atrun +is executed. +.PP +The standard output and standard error files are lost unless redirected. +.SH EXAMPLES +.EX +at 0800 dec 24 +echo ho ho ho | mail claus +.EE +.TP +.L +at -r `at -l` +Remove a scheduled activity. +.SH FILES +.TF /usr/spool/at/yy.ddd.hhmm +.TP +.F /usr/lib/atrun +.TP +.BI /usr/spool/at/ yy . ddd . hhmm\fP.* +activity for year, day, hour +.TP +.F /usr/spool/at/lasttimedone +last +.I hhmm +.TP +.F /usr/spool/at/past +activities in progress +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR calendar (1), +.IR pwd (1), +.IR sleep (1), +.IR cron (8) +.SH BUGS +Due to the granularity of the execution of +.I atrun, +there may be bugs in scheduling things almost +exactly 24 hours into the future. |
