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at(1)									 at(1)

NAME
       at, batch - Runs commands at a later time

SYNOPSIS
       at  [-c	| -s  | -k] [-m] [-f file] [-q queuename] time [date] [+incre‐
       ment] [command | file]...

       at [-c  | -s  | -k] [-m] [-f file] [-q queuename] -t  [[cc]yy] MMddhhmm
       [.ss]

       at -l  -o  [-q queuename] [user...]

       at -l  [job_number]

       at -r  [-Fi] job_number... | [-u user]

       at -n  [user]

       batch

       The  at	and batch commands read from standard input or accept as argu‐
       ments the names of commands to be run at a later time.  The at  command
       lets  you  specify  when the commands are to be run.  The batch command
       runs jobs when the system load level permits.

STANDARDS
       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry	 stan‐
       dards as follows:

       at: XCU5.0

       batch: XCU5.0

       Refer  to  the  standards(5)  reference page for more information about
       industry standards and associated tags.

OPTIONS
       [Tru64 UNIX]  Requests that csh be used for executing this job.	Speci‐
       fies  the name of the file to use instead of stdin.  The specified file
       contains the list of commands to be executed.  [Tru64 UNIX]  Suppresses
       delete	verification.	[Tru64	UNIX]  Specifies  interactive  delete.
       [Tru64 UNIX]  Requests  that  ksh  be  used  for	 executing  this  job.
       Reports your scheduled jobs.

	      [Tru64  UNIX]  If	 the  root  user  issues the command with this
	      option, all of the queued at commands are listed with  the  name
	      of the user who issued each one.	The root user can also request
	      a report of scheduled jobs for the specified user only.  Mails a
	      message about the successful execution of the command.  Standard
	      output and standard error are also mailed if they are  generated
	      and are not redirected.  This is the default for standard output
	      and standard error.  Without the -m option, there is no  notifi‐
	      cation  of  job  completion,  and no mail if standard output and
	      standard error were not generated.  [Tru64  UNIX]	 Requests  the
	      number  of  files	 in  the queue for the current user.  The root
	      user can specify	a  different  user  with  the  user  argument.
	      [Tru64  UNIX]  Lists  jobs  in  scheduled order.	This option is
	      useful only when used with the -l option.	 Specifies  the	 queue
	      you  want	 to  use.   When  used	with the -l option, limits the
	      search to the specified queue.

	      Values for queuename are limited to the  lower  case  letters  a
	      through  z.   By	default,  at jobs are scheduled in queue a and
	      batch jobs are scheduled in queue b. Since queue c  is  reserved
	      for cron jobs, it can not be used with the -q option.  Removes a
	      job previously scheduled by at or batch, where job_number is the
	      number  assigned	by  at or batch.  If you do not have root user
	      authority, you can remove only your own jobs.  The atrm  command
	      is  available  to	 the  root user to remove jobs issued by other
	      users or all jobs issued by a specific user.  This option can be
	      used  in	combination  with  the -i, -f, and -u options.	[Tru64
	      UNIX]  Requests that the Bourne shell be used for executing this
	      job  (default).	[Tru64 UNIX]  Submits the job to be run at the
	      specified time.  (See the SYNOPSIS section for the correct  time
	      format.)	 Deletes all jobs for the specified user.  This option
	      must be used with the -r option as follows: at -r -u user

OPERANDS
       [Tru64 UNIX]  The operands associated with the at command  specify  the
       time at which the job should be run.  They are described in the section
       Specifying a Time and Date.

DESCRIPTION
       Both at and batch mail you the standard output and standard error  from
       the  scheduled  commands,  unless  you redirect that output.  They also
       write the job number and the scheduled time to standard error.

       If a filename specified on an at command line is executable  (that  is,
       has the x permission for the user in question), at assumes that it is a
       command and the job consists of this command only.  If the file is  not
       executable,  at	assumes	 that you want its contents to be the instruc‐
       tions for the job (same as BSD at).

       [Tru64 UNIX]  If at cannot find the file at all, the  specification  is
       passed  to  the date parser.  If the specification is not recognized by
       the date parser, the user receives the error Unknown word.

       [Tru64 UNIX]  The at command defaults to the Bourne shell.  Use the  -c
       option  to  specify  the	 C shell, or the -k option to specify the Korn
       shell. Variables in  the	 shell	environment,  the  current  directory,
       umask,  and  ulimit  are	 retained  when the commands run. The value of
       SHELL is set to be consistent with the shell actually used.  Open  file
       descriptors, traps, and priority are lost.

       You can use at if your login name appears in the /usr/lib/cron/at.allow
       file, if that file exists, or if there is no  at.allow  file  and  your
       name  is	 not  in  the  /usr/lib/cron/at.deny  file.   The at.allow and
       at.deny files contain one user name per line. Note  that	 /usr/lib/cron
       is symbolically linked to /var/adm/cron.

       If  neither the at.allow nor the at.deny file exists, only someone with
       root user authority can submit a job.

       To allow global access to at, the system administrator can  remove  the
       at.allow file and create a zero-length at.deny file.

   Specifying a Time and Date
       You  must specify a time argument with these commands.  You can specify
       optionally the date argument. These arguments  are  affected  when  the
       DATEMSK environment variable is set.  The next subsection describes the
       effect of this environment variable.

       The required time argument can be one of the following: A  number  fol‐
       lowed  by an optional suffix.  The at command interprets 1- and 2-digit
       numbers as hours.  It interprets 4 digits as hours  and	minutes.   The
       LC_TIME	environment variable specifies the order of hours and minutes.
       The default order is the hour followed by the  minute.	You  can  also
       separate	 hours	and  minutes  with  a : (colon).  The default order is
       hour:minute.  In addition, you can specify a suffix of am, pm, or zulu.
       If  you	do  not	 specify am or pm, at uses a 24-hour clock. The suffix
       zulu indicates that the time is UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).   The
       at  command  also  recognizes  the following keywords as special times:
       noon, midnight, now, A for a.m., P for p.m., N for noon, and M for mid‐
       night.  The time argument specifies a time in the future.  For example,
       if the current time is 9:02 p.m., and you specify a  time  of  9P,  the
       command	is  executed  at 9 p.m. the next day.  However, if the current
       time is 8:58 p.m. and you specify 9P, the command is  executed  in  two
       minutes.	  The  LC_TIME environment variable controls the keywords that
       at recognizes.	Keywords are defined on a locale basis.

       You can specify the date argument as either a month name and a day num‐
       ber  (and  possibly a year number preceded by a comma), or a day of the
       week.  The LC_TIME environment variable	specifies  the	order  of  the
       month  name and day number (by default, month followed by day).	The at
       command recognizes two special days, today  and	tomorrow  by  default.
       The  special  day  today	 is  the default date if the specified time is
       later than the current hour; the special day tomorrow is the default if
       the  time  is earlier than the current hour.  If the specified month is
       less than the current month (and a year is not given), next year is the
       default year.

       The  optional  increment	 can  be one of the following: A + (plus sign)
       followed by a  number  and  one	of  the	 following  words:  minute[s],
       hour[s],	 day[s],  week[s], month[s], year[s] (or their locale specific
       equivalents).  The special word next followed by one of	the  following
       words: minute[s], hour[s], day[s], week[s], month[s], year[s] (or their
       local specific equivalents).

       Job numbers are specified as follows: user.xxxxxxxxx.y

       [Tru64 UNIX]  The user argument identifies the user who	scheduled  the
       job;  xxxxxxxxx	is  a 9-digit number (encoded time for the job); and y
       indicates the job type or queue name as follows:

       Argument	  Job Type
       a	  at job
       b	  batch job
       e	  ksh job
       f	  csh job

   Setting the DATEMSK Environment Variable
       [Tru64 UNIX]  If the DATEMSK environment variable is set, it points  to
       a  template  file  that the at command uses to determine the valid time
       and date arguments instead of the values described in the previous sec‐
       tion.   Specifically,  noon,  midnight, now, next, today, tomorrow, and
       increment are not recognized when the DATEMSK environment  variable  is
       set.

       [Tru64  UNIX]  The  entries  in	the  template file used by the DATEMSK
       environment variable provide an expansive set of date formats available
       in  different  languages	 depending  on	the setting of the environment
       variable LANG or LC_TIME.  The setlocale(3) reference page contains the
       list of field descriptors allowed in the template file.	This list is a
       sublist of the field descriptors	 supported  by	the  calendar  command
       which are listed on the date(1) reference page.

EXIT STATUS
       The  following  exit  values  are returned: The at command successfully
       submitted, removed, or listed all specified jobs.  An error occurred.

EXAMPLES
       To schedule a command from a terminal, enter a command similar  to  one
       of  the	following:  at 5 pm Friday uuclean at now next week uuclean at
       now + 2 days uuclean

	      The preceding commands can be scheduled as shown only if uuclean
	      is  in  the  current  directory.	 To run uuclean at 3:00 in the
	      afternoon on January 24, enter any one  of  the  following  com‐
	      mands: echo  uuclean  |  at  3:00	 pm  January  24 echo  uuclean
	      |	 at  3pm  Jan  24 echo	uuclean	 |  at	1500  jan  24 To  list
	      the  jobs	 you have sent to be run later, enter: at -l To cancel
	      jobs, enter: at -r julie.586748399.a

	      This cancels job julie.586748399.	 Use at -l  to	list  the  job
	      numbers  assigned	 to  your jobs.	 To execute a command when the
	      system load level permits, enter: batch nroff infile  >  outfile
	      <Ctrl-d>

	      where <Ctrl-d> is the End-of-File character.  Assume  a template
	      file, /var/tmp/AT.TEMPL, contains the following:

	      %I %p, the %est of %B of the %Y run the following job %I %p, the
	      %end of %B of the %Y run the following job %I %p, the %erd of %B
	      of the %Y run the following job %I %p, the %eth of %B of the  %Y
	      run the following job %d/%m/%y %H:%M:%S %I:%M%p

	      To  invoke  the at command when the DATEMSK environment variable
	      is set to /var/tmp/AT.TEMPL, and the template file  any  of  the
	      following	 are  valid: at 2 pm, the 3rd of July of the year 2000
	      run the following job at 3/4/99 at 10:30:30 at 2:30pm

FILES
       Main cron directory List of allowed users List of  denied  users	 Spool
       area History information for cron Queue description file for at, batch,
       and cron

SEE ALSO
       Commands:  atq(1),  atrm(1),  calendar(1),  csh(1),  cron(8),  date(1),
       kill(1),	 mail(1),  binmail(1),	ksh(1),	 mailx(1),  Mail(1),  nice(1),
       ps(1), Bourne shell sh(1b), POSIX shell sh(1p)

       Functions:  setlocale(3)

       Standards:  standards(5)

       Files:  queuedefs(4)

       System Administration

       Network Administration: Services

       Command and Shell User's Guide

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