system_cmds-790.30.1.tar.gz

[apple/system_cmds.git] / atrun.tproj / atrun.8

diff --git a/atrun.tproj/atrun.8 b/atrun.tproj/atrun.8
index 7ebc04e191cdfc07e7b474e4e4443b22c10473c7..bc80f6bcb91e38b2b6a012af0d6427a1518a2250 100644 (file)
--- a/atrun.tproj/atrun.8
+++ b/atrun.tproj/atrun.8
@@ -27,25 +27,36 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"

-.\"    $Id: atrun.8,v 1.1.1.1 1999/05/02 04:21:19 wsanchez Exp $
+.\"    $Id: atrun.8,v 1.1 1999/05/02 04:21:19 wsanchez Exp $

 .\"
 .\"

-.Dd December 5, 1993
+.Dd March 9, 2008

 .Dt ATRUN 8
 .Dt ATRUN 8

-.Os NetBSD 0.9a
+.Os "Mac OS X"

 .Sh NAME
 .Nm atrun
 .Nd run jobs queued for later execution
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm atrun
 .Nd run jobs queued for later execution

-.\"
-.Sh SYOPSIS
+.Sh SYNOPSIS

 .Nm atrun
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm atrun
 utility runs commands queued by
 .Xr at 1 .
 .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.
+It is invoked periodically by
+.Xr launchd 8
+as specified in the 
+.Pa com.apple.atrun.plist
+property list.
+By default the property list contains the
+.Em Disabled 
+key set to true, so
+.Nm atrun 
+is never invoked.
+.Pp
+Execute the following command as root to enable
+.Nm atrun :
+.Dl "launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.atrun.plist"
+.Pp

 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /var/at/lockfile -compact
 .It Pa /var/at/jobs
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /var/at/lockfile -compact
 .It Pa /var/at/jobs


@@ -56,22 +67,9 @@ Directory containing output spool files
 Job-creation lock file.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 Job-creation lock file.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO

-.Xr crond 8 ,
-.Xr at 1
+.Xr at 1 ,
+.Xr launchd 8

 .Sh AUTHOR
 .Bl -tag
 Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
 .El
 .Sh AUTHOR
 .Bl -tag
 Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
 .El

-.Sh BUGS
-The functionality of
-.Nm atrun
-should arguaby be merged into
-.Xr crond 8 .
-.Sh CAVEATS
-Since 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.