GNU/Linux |
RedHat 5.2(Apollo) |
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atd(8) |
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atd − run jobs queued for later execution
atd [-l load_avg] [-b batch_interval] [-d] [-s]
atd runs jobs queued by at(1).
-l |
Specifies a limiting load factor, over which batch jobs should not be run, instead of the compile-time choice of 0.8. For an SMP system with n CPUs, you will probably want to set this higher than n-1. | ||
-b |
Specifiy the minimum interval in seconds between the start of two batch jobs (60 default). | ||
-d |
Debug; print error messages to standard error instead of using syslog(3). | ||
-s |
Process the at/batch queue only once. This is primarily of use for compatibility with old versions of at; atd -s is equivalent to the old atrun command. A script invoking atd -s is installed as /usr/sbin/atrun for backward compatibility. |
/var/spool/at The directory for storing jobs; this should be mode 700, owner daemon.
/var/spool/at/spool The direcotry for storing output; this should be mode 700, owner daemon.
at(1), atrun(1), cron(1), crontab(1), syslog(3)
The functionality of atd should be merged into cron(1).
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