Re: at syntax

From	dave.gma+news002@googlemail.com.invalid (Dave Gibson)
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: at syntax
Date	2011-06-02 22:24 +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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