atrun.tproj/atrun.8

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  32 .Dd December 5, 1993
  33 .Dt ATRUN 8
  34 .Os NetBSD 0.9a
  35 .Sh NAME
  36 .Nm atrun
  37 .Nd run jobs queued for later execution
  38 .\"
  39 .Sh SYOPSIS
  40 .Nm atrun
  41 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  42 The
  43 .Nm atrun
  44 utility runs commands queued by
  45 .Xr at 1 .
  46 It is usually invoked by
  47 .Xr crond 8
  48 every ten minutes.
  49 .Sh FILES
  50 .Bl -tag -width /var/at/lockfile -compact
  51 .It Pa /var/at/jobs
  52 Directory containing job files
  53 .It Pa /var/at/spool
  54 Directory containing output spool files
  55 .It Pa /var/at/lockfile
  56 Job-creation lock file.
  57 .El
  58 .Sh SEE ALSO
  59 .Xr crond 8 ,
  60 .Xr at 1
  61 .Sh AUTHOR
  62 .Bl -tag
  63 Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
  64 .El
  65 .Sh BUGS
  66 The functionality of
  67 .Nm atrun
  68 should arguaby be merged into
  69 .Xr crond 8 .
  70 .Sh CAVEATS
  71 Since the default configuration causes
  72 .Nm atrun
  73 to be invoked every ten minutes,
  74 commands queued by
  75 .Xr at 1
  76 may end up being executed up to nine minutes
  77 later than would be otherwise expected.