3 at \- execute commands at a later time
5 \fBat \fItime\fR [\fImonth day\fR] [\fIfile\fR]\fR
18 .EX "at 2315 Jan 31 myfile" "Myfile executed Jan 31 at 11:15 pm"
19 .EX "at 0900" "Job input read from \fIstdin\fR"
20 .EX "at 0711 4 29 " "Read from \fIstdin\fR, exec on April 29"
23 \fBAt\fR prepares a file to be executed later at the specified time by
24 creating a special entry in \fB/usr/spool/at\fR. The \fBcron\fR daemon
25 takes care of executing these jobs. It checks to see if any
26 files in \fB/usr/spool/at\fR should now be run, and if so, it runs them
27 and then puts them in \fB/usr/spool/at/past\fR.
28 The name of the file created in \fB/usr/spool/at\fR by \fBat\fR is
29 YY.DDD.HHMM.UU (where YY, DDD, HH, and MM give the time to execute and
30 UU is a unique number). Note that when the command runs, it will not be able
31 to use standard input unless specifically redirected. Standard output
32 will be mailed to the owner of the job.