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| From | dave.gma+news002@googlemail.com.invalid (Dave Gibson) |
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| Subject | Re: at syntax |
| Date | Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:24:45 +0100 |
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Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
> General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> If it were a one time thing then using TODAY would be OK,
>> but it's something that might be executed on any day of the week. I don't
>> want to have to edit it every time I run it.
>
> So what do you actually want to do? I believe I've satisfied your original
> description, but clearly there is a disjoint between explanation and
> (my) understanding.
>
> If it's regular, use cron. If it's one-off (or so), use at.
>
> If you want to run a job on a particular day of the week, specify that
> day. If the time you're giving has already passed on that day (i.e. it's
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If the given day is today, ``at'' will add a week regardless of the
current time-of-day. Here:
$ date
Thu Jun 2 22:13:12 BST 2011
$ echo "echo hello" | at 11:30pm thursday
job 638 at Thu Jun 9 23:30:00 2011
> "today") then the only reasonable thing the system can do is either (a)
> refuse the job, or (b) schedule it for next week.
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at syntax General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-30 18:08 +0000
Re: at syntax Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2011-05-30 16:04 -0400
Re: at syntax General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-30 23:16 +0000
Re: at syntax Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-05-31 09:44 +0100
Re: at syntax General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-31 12:37 +0000
Re: at syntax Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-05-31 14:54 +0100
Re: at syntax General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-31 18:52 +0000
Re: at syntax Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-06-02 21:03 +0100
Re: at syntax dave.gma+news002@googlemail.com.invalid (Dave Gibson) - 2011-06-02 22:24 +0100
Re: at syntax Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-06-03 09:34 +0100
Re: at syntax General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-03 13:21 +0000
Re: at syntax Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2011-06-03 15:46 +0100
Re: at syntax Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-01 02:08 +0000
Re: at syntax General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-01 02:50 +0000
Re: at syntax Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-01 04:30 +0000
Re: at syntax Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-01 04:31 +0000
Re: at syntax Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-01 04:31 +0000
Re: at syntax Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-01 04:30 +0000
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