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ATD
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (8)
Updated: Mar 1997
Index NAME
atd - run jobs queued for later execution
SYNOPSIS
atd[
-lload_avg][
-bbatch_interval][
-d][
-s]
DESCRIPTION
atdruns jobs queued by
at(1).
OPTIONS
- -l
- Specifies a limiting load factor, over which batch jobs shouldnot be run, instead of the compile-time choice of 0.8.For an SMP system withnCPUs, you will probably want to set this higher thann-1.
- -b
- Specifiy the minimum interval in seconds between the start of twobatch jobs (60 default).
- -d
- Debug; print error messages to standard error instead of usingsyslog(3).
- -s
- Process the at/batch queue only once.This is primarily of use for compatibility with old versions ofat;atd -sis equivalent to the oldatruncommand.A script invokingatd -sis installed as/usr/sbin/atrunfor backward compatibility.
FILES
/var/spool/atThe directory for storing jobs; this should be mode 700, ownerdaemon.
/var/spool/at/spoolThe direcotry for storing output; this should be mode 700, ownerdaemon.
/etc/at.allow,/etc/at.denydetermine who can use theatsystem.
SEE ALSO
at(1),
atrun(1),
cron(1),
crontab(1),
syslog(3),
at_deny(5),
at_allow(5)
BUGS
The functionality of
atdshould be merged into
cron(1).
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- FILES
- SEE ALSO
- BUGS
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