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