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.\"	$Id: atrun.8,v 1.1 1999/05/02 04:21:19 wsanchez Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 5, 1993
.Dt ATRUN 8
.Os NetBSD 0.9a
.Sh NAME
.Nm atrun
.Nd run jobs queued for later execution
.\"
.Sh SYOPSIS
.Nm atrun
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm atrun
utility runs commands queued by
.Xr at 1 .
It is usually invoked by
.Xr crond 8
every ten minutes.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/at/lockfile -compact
.It Pa /var/at/jobs
Directory containing job files
.It Pa /var/at/spool
Directory containing output spool files
.It Pa /var/at/lockfile
Job-creation lock file.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr at 1 ,
.Xr crond 8
.Sh AUTHOR
.Bl -tag
Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
.El
.Sh BUGS
The functionality of
.Nm atrun
should arguably be merged into
.Xr crond 8 .
.Sh CAVEATS
Because the default configuration causes
.Nm atrun
to be invoked every ten minutes,
commands queued by
.Xr at 1
may end up being executed up to nine minutes
later than would be otherwise expected.