Linux Tip: Job Scheduling with Cron and At | Linux Today

Linux Tip: Job Scheduling with Cron and At

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 25, 2007

[ Thanks to LinucksGirl for this link.
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“Sometimes you may need to run a job just once, rather
than regularly. For this you use the at command. The commands to be
run are read from a file specified with the -f option, or from
stdin if -f is not used. The -m option sends mail to the user even
if there is no stdout from the command. The -v option displays the
time at which the job will run before reading the job”


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