minix/man/man1/at.1
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.TH AT 1
.SH NAME
at \- execute commands at a later time
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBat \fItime\fR [\fImonth day\fR] [\fIfile\fR]\fR
.br
.de FL
.TP
\\fB\\$1\\fR
\\$2
..
.de EX
.TP 20
\\fB\\$1\\fR
# \\$2
..
.SH EXAMPLES
.EX "at 2315 Jan 31 myfile" "Myfile executed Jan 31 at 11:15 pm"
.EX "at 0900" "Job input read from \fIstdin\fR"
.EX "at 0711 4 29 " "Read from \fIstdin\fR, exec on April 29"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBAt\fR prepares a file to be executed later at the specified time by
creating a special entry in \fB/usr/spool/at\fR. The \fBcron\fR daemon
takes care of executing these jobs. It checks to see if any
files in \fB/usr/spool/at\fR should now be run, and if so, it runs them
and then puts them in \fB/usr/spool/at/past\fR.
The name of the file created in \fB/usr/spool/at\fR by \fBat\fR is
YY.DDD.HHMM.UU (where YY, DDD, HH, and MM give the time to execute and
UU is a unique number). Note that when the command runs, it will not be able
to use standard input unless specifically redirected. Standard output
will be mailed to the owner of the job.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR cron (8).