NAME
atrun
- run jobs queued for later execution
SYNOPSIS
atrun
[-l load_avg]
[-d]
DESCRIPTION
atrun
runs jobs queued by
at(1).
Root's
crontab(5)
must contain the line:
*/10 * * * * root /usr/libexec/atrun
so that
atrun(8)
gets called every ten minutes.
At every invocation, every job in lowercase queues whose starting time
has passed is started.
A maximum of one batch job (denoted by uppercase queues) is started
each time
atrun
is invoked.
OPTIONS
- -l load_avg
-
Specifies a limiting load factor, over which batch jobs should
not be run, instead of the compiled-in value of 1.5.
- -d
-
Debug; print error messages to standard error instead of using
syslog(3).
WARNINGS
For
atrun
to work, you have to start up a
cron(8)
daemon.
FILES
/var/at/spool
-
Directory containing output spool files
/var/at/jobs
-
Directory containing job files
SEE ALSO
at(1),
crontab(1),
syslog(3),
crontab(5),
cron(8)
AUTHORS
Thomas Koenig <ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
BUGS
The functionality of
atrun
should be merged into
cron(8).