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ATRUN(8)                NetBSD System Manager's Manual                ATRUN(8)


NAME
atrun -- run jobs queued for later execution
SYNOPSIS
atrun [-l load_avg] [-d]
DESCRIPTION
atrun runs jobs queued by at(1). Root's crontab(5) must contain the line: */10 * * * * /usr/libexec/atrun so that atrun gets called every ten minutes. At every invocation, every job in lowercase queues whose starting time has passed is started. A maximum of one batch job (denoted by uppercase queues) is started each time atrun is invoked.
OPTIONS
-l load_avg Specifies a limiting load factor, over which batch jobs should not be run, instead of the compiled-in value of 1.5. -d Debug; print error messages to standard error instead of using syslog(3).
WARNINGS
For atrun to work, a cron(8) daemon needs to be running.
FILES
/var/at/spool Directory containing output spool files /var/at/jobs Directory containing job files
SEE ALSO
at(1), crontab(1), syslog(3), crontab(5), cron(8)
AUTHORS
Thomas Koenig <ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
BUGS
The functionality of atrun should be merged into cron(8). NetBSD 7.1.1 April 12, 1995 NetBSD 7.1.1

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