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b180c247 30.\" $Id: atrun.8,v 1.1 1999/05/02 04:21:19 wsanchez Exp $
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e34d6a2f 32.Dd March 9, 2008
1815bff5 33.Dt ATRUN 8
e34d6a2f 34.Os "Mac OS X"
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35.Sh NAME
36.Nm atrun
37.Nd run jobs queued for later execution
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38.Sh SYOPSIS
39.Nm atrun
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm atrun
43utility runs commands queued by
44.Xr at 1 .
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45It is invoked periodically by
46.Xr launchd 8
47as specified in the
48.Pa com.apple.atrun.plist
49property list.
50By default the property list contains the
51.Em Disabled
52key set to true, so
53.Nm atrun
54is never invoked.
55.Pp
56Execute the following command as root to enable
57.Nm atrun :
58.Dl "launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.atrun.plist"
59.Pp
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60.Sh FILES
61.Bl -tag -width /var/at/lockfile -compact
62.It Pa /var/at/jobs
63Directory containing job files
64.It Pa /var/at/spool
65Directory containing output spool files
66.It Pa /var/at/lockfile
67Job-creation lock file.
68.El
69.Sh SEE ALSO
34d340d7 70.Xr at 1 ,
e34d6a2f 71.Xr launchd 8
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72.Sh AUTHOR
73.Bl -tag
74Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
75.El